Antonyms for twit
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : twit |
| Phonetic Transcription : twɪt |
Definition of twit
Origin :- 1520s, shortened form of atwite, from Old English ætwitan "to blame, reproach," from æt "at" + witan "to blame," from Proto-Germanic *witanan (cf. Old English wite, Old Saxon witi, Old Norse viti "punishment, torture;" Old High German wizzi "punishment," wizan "to punish;" Dutch verwijten, Old High German firwizan, German verweisen "to reproach, reprove," Gothic fraweitan "to avenge"), from PIE root *weid- "to see" (see vision). For sense evolution, cf. Latin animadvertere, literally "to give heed to, observe," later "to chastise, censure, punish."
- verb ridicule
- From that evening, in fact, they watched for every opportunity to twit her about her hopeless dream.
- Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
- If you are afraid, we will both back out, and then neither can twit the other.
- Extract from : « In School and Out » by Oliver Optic
- The profession of a gentleman at large, with which you twit me, I hereby renounce.
- Extract from : « The Master of the Shell » by Talbot Baines Reed
- They twit me in the teeth, because I cannot say who my father and mother were.
- Extract from : « Rienzi » by Edward Bulwer Lytton
- Do you know, Tishy dear, I was just going to twit you with the negro and his spots.
- Extract from : « Somehow Good » by William de Morgan
- In that case I give you leave to twit 'em as hard as you like.
- Extract from : « Mildred Keith » by Martha Finley
- He did give us the house, but it ain't for you to twit me of that.
- Extract from : « Gretchen » by Mary J. Holmes
- The pictures on the walls will not twit you with your ignorance.
- Extract from : « Travelling Sketches. » by Anthony Trollope
- I supposed it was a mistake for hockey, or else some kind of a twit.
- Extract from : « Kathleen » by Christopher Morley
- Now I'll twit him, she thought, as they ascended the shore and entered the town.
- Extract from : « Spring Days » by George Moore
Synonyms for twit
- banter
- caricature
- cartoon
- chaff
- deflate
- deride
- expose
- fleer
- gibe
- haze
- humiliate
- jape
- jeer
- jest
- jive
- jolly
- josh
- kid
- lampoon
- laugh
- laugh at
- make a fool of
- make a game of
- make a laughing-stock
- make fun of
- mimic
- mock
- needle
- pan
- parody
- poke fun at
- pooh-pooh
- pull one's leg
- put down
- quiz
- rag
- rail at
- rally
- raz
- rib
- ride
- roast
- run down
- satirize
- scoff
- scorn
- scout
- send up
- show up
- sneer
- takeoff
- taunt
- travesty
- unmask
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