Definitions for ridicule



Overview of noun ridicule

The noun ridicule has 2 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (2) ridicule

(language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate)

2. derision, ridicule

(the act of deriding or treating with contempt)


Overview of verb ridicule

The verb ridicule has 1 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (3) ridicule, roast, guy, blackguard, laugh at, jest at, rib, make fun, poke fun

(subject to laughter or ridicule; "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday")

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