jest at

1. 1.

   subject to laughter or ridicule

   “The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house”

   “The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher”

   “His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday”

   Synonymsridiculeroastguyblackguardlaugh atribmake funpoke fun

   Broadermock

   Narrowerteasesatirizedebunkstultify

Questions about jest at

What does jest at mean?

jest at means "subject to laughter or ridicule".

What is another word for jest at?

Close synonyms include ridicule, roast, guy, blackguard, laugh at. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is jest at a common word?

jest at is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.