lampoon
lam-POONverbMeaning to mock in public, often in writing or pictures
Memory hook a joke poster under the LAMP. The town is tired of Sir Rex’s bragging, so someone hangs a funny poster under the street lamp: “SIR BRAGS-A-LOT.” It lampoons him for all to see.
The comedy show lampooned the strangest fashion trends of the year.
In context The cartoonist loved to lampoon show-offs; in her strips, anyone who bragged soon had a pigeon land on his hat in front of a crowd.
Similar mock, ridicule, satirize, spoof
Opposite praise, flatter