ridicules
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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
He sometimes encourages him with words but as often as not he ridicules him and slaps him around.
Martial ridicules a gentleman of his day whose countenance resembled the face of a swimmer seen under water.
He constantly and wrongly ridicules people and things.
Your missing the big picture by being petty and ridicules.
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