What is another word for raillery?
Pronunciation:
[ ɹˈe͡ɪləɹi], [ ɹˈeɪləɹi], [ ɹ_ˈeɪ_l_ə_ɹ_i]
Synonyms for Raillery:
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n.
• backchat • badinage • banter • derision • drollery • humor • irony • jocosity • joke- bons mots ,
- ha ha ,
- hoodwinkings ,
- mis chief ,
- mis chiefs ,
- one liner ,
- oneliner ,
- puton ,
- shaggy-dog stories ,
- shaggydog stories ,
- shaggydog story .
Other synonyms:
- ribbing .
- sport .
- taunt .
- talk .
Other relevant words:
- Asteism ,
- Chaffing ,
- Deriding ,
- Fleering ,
- Fooling ,
- Gibing ,
- Hooting ,
- Irrision ,
- Jibing ,
- Kidding ,
- Panning ,
- Quizzing ,
- Ragging ,
- Smirking ,
- Snickering ,
- Twitting ,
- amusement ,
- argument ,
- badinage ,
- booing ,
- burlesque ,
- caricature ,
- catcalling ,
- chaff ,
- change ,
- comedy ,
- conference ,
- contempt ,
- contumely ,
- conversation ,
- crack ,
- cutting remark ,
- derision ,
- dig ,
- discussion ,
- disrespect ,
- drollery ,
- entertainment ,
- exchange ,
- facetiousness ,
- farce ,
- flippancy ,
- fooling around ,
- frivolity ,
- funniness ,
- gag ,
- game ,
- gibe ,
- give and take ,
- grinning ,
- hissing ,
- humour ,
- innuendo ,
- interchange ,
- invective ,
- irony ,
- jape ,
- jeer ,
- jeering ,
- jest ,
- jesting ,
- jibe ,
- jive ,
- jocoseness ,
- jocosity ,
- jocularity ,
- joke ,
- josh ,
- joshing ,
- kidding around ,
- lampoon ,
- lampoonery ,
- laughter ,
- leering ,
- levity ,
- ludicrousness ,
- mockery ,
- mocking ,
- mordacity ,
- mordancy ,
- one-liner ,
- paronomasia ,
- pasquinade ,
- patter ,
- persiflage ,
- play ,
- pleasantry ,
- promise ,
- pun ,
- quiz ,
- rallying ,
- razzing ,
- reciprocation ,
- repartee ,
- ridicule ,
- roasting ,
- sarcasm ,
- sardonic grin ,
- satire ,
- scoffing ,
- scorn ,
- smartness ,
- sneer ,
- sneering ,
- sniggering ,
- snorting ,
- taunting ,
- thrust ,
- travesty ,
- trenchancy ,
- twit ,
- vituperation ,
- waggery ,
- waggishness ,
- wisecrack ,
- wit ,
- witticism ,
- word ,
- wordplay .
- Buffooneries ,
- Causticness ,
- HAHA ,
- Laughters ,
- Mummeries ,
- PUNS ,
- Pilgarlic ,
- backhanded compliment ,
- banter ,
- bon mot ,
- brickbat ,
- brickbats ,
- buffoonery ,
- chestnut ,
- chestnuts ,
- floutings ,
- high spirits ,
- idle talk ,
- jives ,
- jokes ,
- mock-heroic ,
- mummery ,
- object of ridicule ,
- parting shot ,
- play on ,
- play-on ,
- put-down ,
- sardonicism ,
- send up ,
- send-up ,
- sendup ,
- shaggy-dog story ,
- squib ,
- squibs ,
- wittiness ,
- wordplays .
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How to use "Raillery" in context?
What is raillery? It is a somewhat gentle form of humor, often employed in conversation. It may be light, but it still has an underlying meaning. In general, raillery entails making fun of someone, typically in a playful way. So, when you share a funny story or make a cutting remark, you are engaging in raillery.
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