Definition of ridicule

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Ridicule (v. t.) To laugh at mockingly or disparagingly; to awaken ridicule toward or respecting.

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Ridicule :: Ridicule (n.) Quality of being ridiculous; ridiculousness.
Deride :: Deride (v. t.) To laugh at with contempt; to laugh to scorn; to turn to ridicule or make sport of; to mock; to scoff at.
Libel :: Libel (v. t.) To defame, or expose to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule, by a writing, picture, sign, etc.; to lampoon..
Smoke :: Smoke (v. t.) To ridicule to the face; to quiz.
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..
Mock :: Mock (n.) An act of ridicule or derision; a scornful or contemptuous act or speech; a sneer; a jibe; a jeer.
Laughingstock :: Laughingstock (n.) An object of ridicule; a butt of sport.
Ridicule :: Ridicule (a.) Ridiculous.
Ridicule :: Ridicule (n.) 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.
Libelous :: Libelous (a.) Containing or involving a libel; defamatory; containing that which exposes some person to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule; as, a libelous pamphlet..
Mimic :: Mimic (v. t.) To imitate or ape for sport; to ridicule by imitation.
Bemock :: Bemock (v. t.) To mock; to ridicule.
Monkey :: Monkey (n.) A term of disapproval, ridicule, or contempt, as for a mischievous child..
Burlesque :: Burlesque (v. t.) To ridicule, or to make ludicrous by grotesque representation in action or in language..
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..
Chaffing :: Chaffing (n.) The use of light, frivolous language by way of fun or ridicule; raillery; banter..
Chaff :: Chaff (v. i.) To use light, idle language by way of fun or ridicule; to banter..
But :: But (v. t.) A person at whom ridicule, jest, or contempt is directed; as, the butt of the company..
Mouth :: Mouth (v. i.) To make grimaces, esp. in ridicule or contempt..
Mockery :: Mockery (n.) Insulting or contemptuous action or speech; contemptuous merriment; derision; ridicule.
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