to roast
- verb
- /roʊst/
- Offensive
- Like, yeah, he's why, Why are people roasting him left and right?
- roast someone
- get roasted
Well, if you had to roast me, what would you say?
- Well, if you had to roast me, what would you say?
- You come out and roast me just like Brady.
- Like, yeah, he's why, Why are people roasting him left and right?
- If you'd had like a bad set, they will roast you on set.
- They she would like roast him and then he would roast her back.
- That's why I had to roast one of my best friends.
- I I I'm more than happy to have him roast me one day on online, but he he hasn't.
Examples
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Well, if you had to roast me, what would you say?
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All she does is roast men, but rightfully so.
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You know, you could always roast me as the Asian dad.
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I'm going to roast you.
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No, because you're about to roast me right now.
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My sister, however, requires a little bit more evidence before someone gets roasted.
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- Yeah, the newspapers are gonna roast me over the hot coals for this one.
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I'm quite certain I'm going to get roasted as an 'apologist' for my own opinion.
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In this version, Obama is roasted not by adoring press and celebrities, but by the various ...
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At the party, everyone took turns to roast their friends, sharing funny stories and light-hearted jabs.
Synonyms
To make fun of someone in a mean way to show they are silly
Laugh at someone or say things that make them feel embarrassed
To make someone look silly in a mean way so others laugh at them
Say something funny, often unkind, about someone or something
To make jokes about someone to make them look silly
To make jokes about someone, sometimes to be playful and sometimes to be unkind
To publicly make fun of a person or group by copying their style
To tease someone repeatedly in a friendly way
To make quick, unfair critical remarks about someone or their ideas
To tease someone in a friendly, joking way
Tease someone by making jokes about them
Laugh at someone or treat something serious as a joke
To make fun of someone in a cruel way
Antonyms
Compounds
- US
A large piece of beef slow cooked in liquid in a covered pot with vegetables like carrots and potatoes
- Informal
An informal outdoor gathering where people cook hot dogs over an open fire
- Informal
A casual outdoor party where people cook hot dogs over a fire and eat them
How Mocking
- Offensive
- Offensive
- Offensive
- Informal
Surface Forms
Etymology
Roast (verb, to tease) is a newer, figurative use that grew from the cooking idea; a helpful way to remember it is to think of words that 'burn' someone — to roast someone is to sharply and jokingly criticize them.