35
raillery(noun, teasing, mockery, scorn, ridicule)
29
chaff(verb, noun, tease, ridicule, scorn)
26
ridicule(noun, verb, mock, tease, teasing)
26
tease(verb, mock, fool, provoke, ridicule)
25
badinage(noun, teasing, wit, joking, scorn)
25
jest(verb, tease, noun, mock, joke)
21
jesting(noun, joking, teasing, wit, mockery)
20
joke(verb, tease, noun, play, mock)
20
persiflage(noun, teasing, wit, mockery, derision)
20
teasing(noun, jest, joking, scorn, fool)
19
kid(verb, tease, ridicule, scorn, mock)
18
repartee(noun, teasing, wit, jest, twist)
17
joking(noun, teasing, wit, mockery, scorn)
17
mockery(noun, joking, teasing, scorn, ridicule)
17
taunt(verb, tease, ridicule, noun, scorn)
15
fun(noun, verb, tease, teasing, play)
15
ribbing(noun, teasing, informal, joking, sport)
14
derision(noun, joking, scorn, ridicule, mockery)
14
joshing(noun, informal, mockery, derision, joking)
14
kidding(noun, teasing, joking, wit, mockery)
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