Australian English Meaning of ridicule

ridicule

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Definitions and Meaning of ridicule in English

Wordnet

ridicule (n)

language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate

the act of deriding or treating with contempt

Wordnet

ridicule (v)

subject to laughter or ridicule

Webster

ridicule (n.)

An object of sport or laughter; a laughingstock; a laughing matter.

Remarks concerning a subject or a person designed to excite laughter with a degree of contempt; wit of that species which provokes contemptuous laughter; disparagement by making a person an object of laughter; banter; -- a term lighter than derision.

Quality of being ridiculous; ridiculousness.

Webster

ridicule (v. t.)

To laugh at mockingly or disparagingly; to awaken ridicule toward or respecting.

Webster

ridicule (a.)

Ridiculous.

FAQs About the word ridicule

ridicule

language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate, the act of deriding or treating with contempt, subject to laughter or ridiculeAn object of sport or laughter

contempt,derision,Disdain,laughter,disparagement,insult,mockery,satire,contempt,sport

applause,Approval,Praise,commendation

ridicle => ridicule, ridgy => ridgy, ridgingly => on the ridgeline, ridging => ridging, ridgil => Ridgil,