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jest at

/dʒɛst æt/

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verb

/dʒɛst æt/C2formalobsolete
  • ruУстаревший фразовый глагол, означающий высмеивать, насмехаться или издеваться над кем-то или чем-то.

An archaic phrasal verb meaning to mock, ridicule, or make fun of someone or something.

uncountable · intransitive · phrasal, inseparable

  1. Mock or ridiculeformalbritish

    To make fun of someone or something in a playful or unkind way.

    ruНасмехаться

    • He would often jest at his friend's expense.
    • They jested at the old man's outdated clothing.
    • It is not polite to jest at someone's misfortune.

    Synonymsderidelaugh atmockridiculetaunttease

Forms
  • jested at past participle
  • jested at past simple
  • jesting at present participle
  • jests at third person singular

Base verbjest

Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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Vocabulary data from the Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset (CC BY 4.0), https://huggingface.co/datasets/Fristail27/vocab-bloom-hub-en

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