to satirize; to mock; to use biting or indirect language to criticize or poke fun at others

to sneer at or laugh at someone in a mocking way

(idiom) to retort or answer back sarcastically when criticized; to turn a reproach back on one's accuser

to mock; to sneer at; to make fun of or criticize with biting sarcasm; literary in usage

to mock or ridicule; to satirize someone or something

(literary) to ridicule; to mock; to satirize; to use sarcasm against someone

to make jeering or sarcastic comments; to criticize sarcastically

to criticize someone strictly or satirize their faults; to impeach

to mock, sneer at, or lampoon someone

to lash out with cold sarcasm and hot mockery; to attack someone with bitter sarcasm

to question someone thoroughly and strictly; to conduct a close inspection or interrogation