raillery

raillery
Synonyms and related words:
badinage, banter, booing, catcalling, chaff, chaffing, derision, exchange, fleering, flippancy, fooling, fooling around, frivolity, give-and-take, good-natured banter, grinning, harmless teasing, hissing, hooting, invective, jape, jeering, jest, jesting, jive, joke, joking, josh, joshing, kidding, kidding around, leering, levity, mockery, panning, persiflage, pleasantry, ragging, rallying, razzing, repartee, ridicule, roasting, scoffing, smart-aleckiness, smartness, smirking, sneering, snickering, sniggering, snorting, sport, taunting, teasing, twit, twitting, vituperation

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  • Raillery — Rail ler*y (r[a^]l l[ e]r*[y^] or r[=a]l ; 277), n. [F. raillerie, fr. railler. See {Rail} to scoff.] Pleasantry or slight satire; banter; jesting language; satirical merriment. [1913 Webster] Let raillery be without malice or heat. B. Jonson.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • raillery — index ridicule Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • raillery — (n.) good humored ridicule, 1650s, from RAIL (Cf. rail) (v.) + ERY (Cf. ery), or perhaps from Fr. raillerie, from M.Fr. railler to tease …   Etymology dictionary

  • raillery — *badinage, persiflage Analogous words: bantering or banter, chaffing or chaff (see BANTER): sport, *fun, game, jest, play: satire, sarcasm, irony (see WIT) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • raillery — ► NOUN ▪ good humoured teasing. ORIGIN from French railler (see RAIL(Cf. ↑rail)) …   English terms dictionary

  • raillery — [rā′lər ē] n. pl. railleries [Fr raillerie: see RAIL2 & ERY] 1. light, good natured ridicule or satire; banter 2. a teasing act or remark …   English World dictionary

  • raillery — noun good natured ridicule, jest or banter Excitement instantly seized the whole party: a running fire of raillery and jests was proceeding when Sam returned …   Wiktionary

  • raillery — rail|le|ry [ˈreıləri] n [U] [Date: 1600 1700; : French; Origin: raillerie, from railler; RAIL2] formal friendly joking about someone ▪ affectionate raillery …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • raillery — noun (U) formal friendly joking about someone: affectionate raillery …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • raillery — noun affectionate raillery Syn: teasing, mockery, chaff, ragging; banter, badinage; informal leg pulling, joshing, ribbing, kidding …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • raillery — noun (plural leries) Etymology: French raillerie, from Middle French, from railler to mock Date: 1653 1. good natured ridicule ; banter 2. jest …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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