raillery

Was that just raillery, or did the German mean something more by it?

Not only has he lost his normal appearance, he's become an object of raillery for the entire court.

They are clever and know all that hath happened: so there is no end to their raillery.

To eat horseradish, you will be the object of pleasant raillery.

He gave me his hand and again hid his emotion in raillery.

A young English lord with a fat purse and a talent for raillery had little trouble making a place in society.

He stopped suddenly and, ignoring the Sergeant's raillery, leaned still farther forward.

He delighted in raillery, and prided himself on his cool, even temper.

She was greeted with raillery from her fellow workers, but Jason surprisingly wasn't around.

"I meet with nothing but raillery or indifference."

"Dear heart," he said, in a voice far removed from the raillery of before, "you have a lesson to learn.

To me, it sounded more in the spirit of raillery, only touched, not permeated, by irony.

The king knitted his brow, for he saw a bitter raillery beneath the words of the officer.

But warding off his raillery, just the same and in due time, I cantered away on my own horse.

The men greeted him with good-humoured raillery as if they had always known him.

Surrounding people will laugh in eerie unison and suddenness at some raillery.

Her raillery bit deep - but its menace passed unheeded in the rage it called forth.

His absurd raillery was more effective than any tenderly delivered conciliations.

She listened to the light raillery Emily was exchanging with her husband, Michael.

Under his raillery, the fat heir apparent shrank back abashed.

Such raillery was common enough whenever the rust-eaters sighted a wagon with a woman in it.

Indeed, carry the thought a step further and the sailors' aggressive raillery takes on even more ominous overtones.

Maslin said with a touch of his old raillery.

I got an affectionate send-off from my colleagues, along with much raillery and leg-pulling.

There would be bursts of laughter and occasional raillery, then glances in my direction to see if I minded.