make scornful jests
1gird — I. v. a. 1. Girdle, bind round, bind with a girdle. 2. Surround, encircle, encompass, enclose, environ, engird, begird. 3. Clothe, invest, equip, furnish. 4. Reproach, gibe, sneer at, lash, satirize. II. v. n. Gibe, sneer, make scornful jests,… …
2comedy — comedial /keuh mee dee euhl/, adj. /kom i dee/, n., pl. comedies. 1. a play, movie, etc., of light and humorous character with a happy or cheerful ending; a dramatic work in which the central motif is the triumph over adverse circumstance,… …
