crack a joke



fleer, fun, gibe, jape, jest, joke, kid, kid around, make fun of, mock, play on words, pun, quip, ridicule, scintillate,

   prunes and prisms - airs, false front, false show, fa?§ade, front, hypocrisy, image, insincerity, mannerism, pretence, pretension, public image, put on, sham, show ,

   transcendental meditation - assertiveness training, behaviour modification, behaviour therapy, biofeedback, confrontation therapy, conjoint therapy, consciousness raising, counselling, directive therapy, encounter therapy, est, family training, feminist therapy, gestalt therapy, group psychotherapy,

   be fond of - appreciate, care, care for, delight in, dote, enjoy, fancy, go for, like, love, relish, savour, taste ,

   on the lookout - all ears, all eyes, custodial, eagle-eyed, guarded, hawk-eyed, keen-eyed, lidless, observant, on guard, on the watch, open-eyed, prudent, sharp-eyed, sleepless,

   emotional health - bloom, fitness, flush, glow, mental health, well-being ,

   lacklustre - achromatic, anaemic, ashen, ashy, betwixt and between, blah, bland, bled white, blind, bloodless, boring, cadaverous, colourless, colourlessness, dead,

   photosphere - belt, corona, ionosphere, layer, stratosphere, stratum, sun, troposphere ,

   thriller - Technicolour, adventure story, allegory, animated cartoon, bedtime story, black-and-white film, cartoon, chiller, cinema, colour film, detective story, dime novel, documentary, documentary film, educational film,

   exonerate - absolve, acquit, amnesty, clear, decontaminate, discharge, dismiss, dispense from, exculpate, excuse, exempt, exempt from, forgive, free, give absolution,

   be ruined - break, bust, collapse, crash, fail, fold, go to pot, go under, go up, shut down ,