Definition of ridicule

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Ridicule (n.) An object of sport or laughter; a laughingstock; a laughing matter.

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Backare :: Backare (interj.) Stand back! give place! -- a cant word of the Elizabethan writers, probably in ridicule of some person who pretended to a knowledge of Latin which he did not possess..
Ridicule :: Ridicule (n.) An object of sport or laughter; a laughingstock; a laughing matter.
Ridicle :: Ridicle (n.) Ridicule.
Laugh :: Laugh (v. t.) To affect or influence by means of laughter or ridicule.
Prittle-prattle :: Prittle-prattle (n.) Empty talk; trifling loquacity; prattle; -- used in contempt or ridicule.
Banter :: Banter (v. t.) To address playful good-natured ridicule to, -- the person addressed, or something pertaining to him, being the subject of the jesting; to rally; as, he bantered me about my credulity..
Scout :: Scout (v. t.) To reject with contempt, as something absurd; to treat with ridicule; to flout; as, to scout an idea or an apology..
Scoff :: Scoff (n.) To show insolent ridicule or mockery; to manifest contempt by derisive acts or language; -- often with at.
Scoff :: Scoff (n.) Derision; ridicule; mockery; derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach..
Spalpeen :: Spalpeen (n.) A scamp; an Irish term for a good-for-nothing fellow; -- often used in good-humored contempt or ridicule.
Libel :: Libel (v. t.) To defame, or expose to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule, by a writing, picture, sign, etc.; to lampoon..
Skimmington :: Skimmington (n.) A word employed in the phrase, To ride Skimmington; that is to ride on a horse with a woman, but behind her, facing backward, carrying a distaff, and accompanied by a procession of jeering neighbors making mock music; a cavalcade in ridicule of a henpecked man. The custom was in vogue in parts of England..
Pachydermatous :: Pachydermatous (a.) Thick-skinned; not sensitive to ridicule.
Run :: Run (v. i.) To tease with sarcasms and ridicule.
Ridiculize :: Ridiculize (v. t.) To make ridiculous; to ridicule.
Lording :: Lording (n.) A little lord; a lordling; a lord, in contempt or ridicule..
Affix :: Affix (v. t.) To attach, unite, or connect with; as, names affixed to ideas, or ideas affixed to things; to affix a stigma to a person; to affix ridicule or blame to any one..
Ridiculous :: Ridiculous (a.) Involving or expressing ridicule.
Burlesque :: Burlesque (v. t.) To ridicule, or to make ludicrous by grotesque representation in action or in language..
Pantagruelism :: Pantagruelism (n.) The theory or practice of the medical profession; -- used in burlesque or ridicule.
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