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rid⋅i⋅cule
[rid-i-kyool] 
ɪˌkyul
noun, verb, -culed, -cul⋅ing.–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. |
Related forms:
rid⋅i⋅cul⋅er, noun
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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| rid·i·cule (rĭd'ĭ-kyōōl') n. Words or actions intended to evoke contemptuous laughter at or feelings toward a person or thing: "I know that ridicule may be a shield, but it is not a weapon" (Dorothy Parker). tr.v. rid·i·culed, rid·i·cul·ing, rid·i·cules To expose to ridicule; make fun of. [French, from Latin rīdiculum, joke, from neuter of rīdiculus, laughable; see ridiculous.] rid'i·cul'er n. Synonyms: These verbs refer to making another the butt of amusement or mirth. Ridicule implies purposeful disparagement: "My father discouraged me by ridiculing my performances" (Benjamin Franklin). |
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Ridicule
Rid"i*cule\, n. [F. ridicule, L. ridiculum a jest, fr. ridiculus. See Ridiculous.]1. An object of sport or laughter; a laughingstock; a laughing matter. [Marlborough] was so miserably ignorant, that his deficiencies made him the ridicule of his contemporaries. --Buckle. To the people . . . but a trifle, to the king but a ridicule. --Foxe. 2. 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. We have in great measure restricted the meaning of ridicule, which would properly extend over whole region of the ridiculous, -- the laughable, -- and we have narrowed it so that in common usage it mostly corresponds to "derision", which does indeed involve personal and offensive feelings. --Hare. Safe from the bar, the pulpit, and the throne, Yet touched and shamed by ridicule alone. --Pope. 3. Quality of being ridiculous; ridiculousness. [Obs.] To see the ridicule of this practice. --Addison. Syn: Derision; banter; raillery; burlesque; mockery; irony; satire; sarcasm; gibe; jeer; sneer. Usage: Ridicule, Derision, Both words imply disapprobation; but ridicule usually signifies good-natured, fun-loving opposition without manifest malice, while derision is commonly bitter and scornful, and sometimes malignant.Ridicule
Rid"i*cule\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ridiculed;p. pr. & vb. n. Ridiculing.] To laugh at mockingly or disparagingly; to awaken ridicule toward or respecting. I 've known the young, who ridiculed his rage. --Goldsmith. Syn: To deride; banter; rally; burlesque; mock; satirize; lampoon. See Deride.Ridicule
Rid"i*cule\, a. [F.] Ridiculous. [Obs.] This action . . . became so ridicule. --Aubrey.
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Language Translation for : ridicule
Spanish:
ridiculizar, poner en ridículo,
German:
verspotten,
Japanese:
あざ笑う
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