ridicule
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ɪˌkyul noun
1.
speech or action intended to cause contemptuous laughter at a person or thing; derision.
verb (used with object)
2.
to deride; make fun of.
Origin:
1665–75; < Latin rīdiculum a joke, equivalent to rīd(ēre) to laugh + -i- -i- + -culum -cule2
1665–75; < Latin rīdiculum a joke, equivalent to rīd(ēre) to laugh + -i- -i- + -culum -cule2
Related forms
rid·i·cul·er, noun
self-rid·i·cule, noun
un·rid·i·culed, adjective
Synonyms
1. mockery, raillery, sarcasm, satire, irony. 2. banter, chaff, rally, twit, burlesque, satirize, lampoon. Ridicule, deride, mock, taunt imply making game of a person, usually in an unkind, jeering way. To ridicule is to make fun of, either sportively and good-humoredly, or unkindly with the intention of humiliating: to ridicule a pretentious person. To deride is to assail one with scornful laughter: to deride a statement of belief. To mock is sometimes playfully, sometimes insultingly, to imitate and caricature the appearance or actions of another: She mocked the seriousness of his expression. To taunt is to call attention to something annoying or humiliating, usually maliciously and exultingly and often in the presence of others: to taunt a candidate about his defeat in an election.
1. mockery, raillery, sarcasm, satire, irony. 2. banter, chaff, rally, twit, burlesque, satirize, lampoon. Ridicule, deride, mock, taunt imply making game of a person, usually in an unkind, jeering way. To ridicule is to make fun of, either sportively and good-humoredly, or unkindly with the intention of humiliating: to ridicule a pretentious person. To deride is to assail one with scornful laughter: to deride a statement of belief. To mock is sometimes playfully, sometimes insultingly, to imitate and caricature the appearance or actions of another: She mocked the seriousness of his expression. To taunt is to call attention to something annoying or humiliating, usually maliciously and exultingly and often in the presence of others: to taunt a candidate about his defeat in an election.
Antonyms
praise.
praise.
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| —n | |
| 1. | language or behaviour intended to humiliate or mock; derision |
| —vb | |
| 2. | (tr) to make fun of, mock, or deride |
| [C17: from French, from Latin rīdiculus, from rīdēre to laugh] | |
| 'ridiculer | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
ridicule
1680s, from Fr. ridicule, from L. ridiculum, neut. of ridiculus (see ridiculous). The noun is 1700, from the verb.
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Example sentences
The entire crew should be flushed from the public sphere by laughter and ridicule.
So perhaps it's in keeping with that tradition that a new, especially competing, theory be treated with such disdain and ridicule.
Reviewers were almost unanimous in their ridicule of the concert and its composer.
He wants to convince those people, and feels that ridicule is a good way to achieve that.
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