Synonyms of skewered

skewered

verb

past tense of skewer

1

as in stabbed

to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object

let's skewer our marshmallows on these sticks and start toasting

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stabbed
• punctured
• pierced
• jabbed
• picked
• stuck
• impaled
• pecked
• speared
• spitted
• harpooned
• spiked
• sliced
• poked
• transfixed
• gored
• lanced
• punched
• pinked
• ran through
• transpierced
• spindled
• perforated
• riddled
• pricked
• cut
• bayoneted
• thrust
• pronged
• knifed
• piked
• gimleted
• poniarded
• quilled
• dirked
• pinpricked

2

as in ridiculed

to make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter

the satirical comic strip gleefully skewers many of society's sacred cows

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ridiculed
• mocked
• taunted
• derided
• teased
• parodied
• jeered
• laughed (at)
• gibed
• scouted
• made fun of
• made sport of
• poked fun at
• shot down
• tormented
• disparaged
• imitated
• harassed
• cocked snooks (at)
• targeted
• scorned
• ragged on
• cocked a snook (at)
• belittled
• baited
• decried
• satirized
• ribbed
• razzed
• caricatured
• sneered (at)
• scoffed (at)
• pilloried
• quizzed
• lampooned
• needled
• heckled
• pestered
• tweaked
• ragged
• rode
• mimicked
• rallied
• burlesqued
• kidded
• twitted
• travestied
• parroted
• bad-mouthed
• chaffed
• aped
• pooh-poohed
• joshed
• bugged
• jived
• harried
• hassled
• barracked
• put down
• took off (on)
• catcalled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• approved
• endorsed
• commended
• sanctioned
• applauded

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of skewered

Masters of the Universe was a bomb for Amazon MGM Studios this summer, while the new Matchbox movie — made with Skydance and on Apple TV+ today, was skewered by critics. — Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 12 Oct. 2026

Early 2020s prestige television skewered the rich and unscrupulous. — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026

As if being ripped nationwide for his travel plans wasn’t painful enough, McVay will also be skewered for a baffling decision on a third-quarter play that could have rescued the Rams but instead doomed them. — Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Some Jewish Democrats were already skeptical of El-Sayed, a longtime critic of Israel who skewered his primary opponent over the millions of dollars in spending on her behalf by the pro-Israel lobby AIPAC. — Sam Gringlas, NPR, 4 Sep. 2026

Max Verstappen, who’d warned of the issues for years, skewered the regulations in his first media briefing of the year back in preseason testing. — Luke Smith, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026

Throughout the ceremony, Maher was honored as a champion for free expression, with humor that skewered the right and the left. — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 21 July 2026

On his June 16 show, the comedian skewered Trump over the green appearance of the water in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, which has been overrun with algae after a recent renovation. — Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 17 June 2026

David Fincher’s masterful Zodiac turned procedural investigation into a slow-burning descent into madness and uncertainty, while Mary Harron’s American Psycho skewered consumerist ’80s culture through the singular lens of Patrick Bateman’s unraveling mind. — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 9 June 2026