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ridicule Meaning
ridicule (n)
language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate
the act of deriding or treating with contempt
ridicule (v)
subject to laughter or ridicule
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.
ridicule (v. t.)
To laugh at mockingly or disparagingly; to awaken ridicule toward or respecting.
ridicule (a.)
Ridiculous.
FAQs About the word 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
disdain, derision,contempt, laughter, scorn, satire,insult, disparagement, mockery, sport
praise, applause,approval, praise, applause, approval,commendation, commendation,
The comedian's jokes were met with laughter, not ridicule, from the audience.
He couldn't bear the thought of facing ridicule if he failed at his new venture.
Ridicule can be a powerful tool for social control, used to ostracize those who deviate from societal norms.
Despite her fear of ridicule, she bravely shared her poetry with the world.
