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ridicule - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'ridicule' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Ridicule [ a.]
- Ridiculous.
2 . Ridicule [ n.]
- An object of sport or laughter; a laughingstock; a laughing matter.
- 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.
- Quality of being ridiculous; ridiculousness.
3 . Ridicule [ v. t.]
- To laugh at mockingly or disparagingly; to awaken ridicule toward or respecting.

Meaning of 'ridicule' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . ridicule [ v]
Meaning (1):
- subject to laughter or ridicule
Example in sentence:
  • His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday;
  • The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house;
  • The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher

Nearby Words:

rid ridable riddance ridded ridden ridder ridding riddle riddled riddler

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