Synonyms of skewered

skewered

verb

past tense of skewer

1

as in stabbed

to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object

let's skewer our marshmallows on these sticks and start toasting

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stabbed
• punctured
• pierced
• jabbed
• picked
• stuck
• impaled
• pecked
• speared
• spitted
• spiked
• harpooned
• sliced
• poked
• transfixed
• gored
• lanced
• punched
• pinked
• ran through
• transpierced
• spindled
• perforated
• riddled
• pricked
• cut
• bayoneted
• thrust
• knifed
• pronged
• bayonetted
• piked
• gimleted
• poniarded
• quilled
• dirked
• pinpricked

2

as in ridiculed

to make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter

the satirical comic strip gleefully skewers many of society's sacred cows

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ridiculed
• mocked
• taunted
• derided
• teased
• parodied
• jeered
• jibed
• laughed (at)
• gibed
• scouted
• made fun of
• made sport of
• poked fun at
• shot down
• tormented
• imitated
• harassed
• disparaged
• cocked snooks (at)
• targeted
• scorned
• ragged on
• baited
• cocked a snook (at)
• belittled
• satirized
• decried
• poohed
• caricatured
• ribbed
• razzed
• sneered (at)
• scoffed (at)
• pilloried
• lampooned
• rid
• quizzed
• needled
• mimicked
• heckled
• pestered
• tweaked
• rode
• rallied
• ragged
• burlesqued
• parroted
• twitted
• kidded
• travestied
• chaffed
• bad-mouthed
• aped
• pooh-poohed
• joshed
• bugged
• jived
• harried
• hassled
• barracked
• put down
• took off (on)
• catcalled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• approved
• endorsed
• commended
• sanctioned
• indorsed
• applauded