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- DictionaryRid·i·cule/ˈridəˌkyo͞ol/
noun
- 1. the subjection of someone or something to contemptuous and dismissive language or behavior: "he is held up as an object of ridicule"
verb
- 1. subject (someone or something) to contemptuous and dismissive language or behavior: "his theory was ridiculed and dismissed"
RIDICULE definition: 1. unkind words or actions that make someone or something look stupid: 2. to laugh at someone in…. Learn more.
The meaning of RIDICULE is the act of ridiculing : derision, mockery. How to use ridicule in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Ridicule.
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.
When you ridicule someone, you mock or make fun of them. They become the object of your ridicule or mockery. Your bad behavior might bring ridicule on your parents, who raised you to know better.
If you ridicule someone or ridicule their ideas or beliefs, you make fun of them in an unkind 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.
Definition of ridicule noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
definition: language or actions that make unkind fun of someone or something; mockery; derision. The way his mother dressed him subjected him to ridicule by the other boys.
RIDICULE meaning: 1. to laugh at someone in an unkind way: 2. unkind behaviour in which you laugh at someone: . Learn more.
1. speech or action intended to cause contemptuous laughter; derision. 2. to make fun of. rid′i•cul`er, n. syn: ridicule, deride, mock, taunt mean to make fun of a person. To ridicule is to make fun of, either playfully or with the intention of humiliating: to ridicule a pretentious person.
