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ridicule

/ˈɹɪdɪkjuːl/noun, verb3 syllables

Ridicule means: subject to laughter or ridicule.

Synonyms for ridicule14

noun, as in the act of deriding or treating with contempt

derision

verb, as in subject to laughter or ridicule

roast, guy, blackguard, laugh at, jest at, rib, make fun, poke fun

also used for ridicule

outlaugh, pillory, scoff, mockery, katagelasticism

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What does ridicule mean?3

verb

1

subject to laughter or ridicule“The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house”

noun

1

the act of deriding or treating with contempt

2

language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Ridicule in a sentence

  • If you do that, you're going to subject yourself to ridicule.CK
  • His intention was to be funny, but he only exposed himself to ridicule.karloelkebekio
  • He came in pompously, not knowing that everyone would ridicule him.forsyth_rich
  • That magazine often functions as a modern satirical pamphlet, aiming to ridicule the powerful.rul
  • She not only ridiculed him, but also drove him out.Adlib
  • It is not good to ridicule him in public.CM
  • It is mean of you to ridicule him in public.CM
  • He exposed himself to the ridicule of his classmates.CK

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of ridicule

as a noun

plural
ridicules

as a verb

past tense
ridiculed
present participle
ridiculing
third-person singular
ridicules
past participle
ridiculed