Definition of ridicule

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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.

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Ridicule :: Ridicule (n.) Quality of being ridiculous; ridiculousness.
Ridiculize :: Ridiculize (v. t.) To make ridiculous; to ridicule.
Pantagruelism :: Pantagruelism (n.) The theory or practice of the medical profession; -- used in burlesque or ridicule.
Methodist :: Methodist (n.) A person of strict piety; one who lives in the exact observance of religious duties; -- sometimes so called in contempt or ridicule.
Pouch :: Pouch (n.) A protuberant belly; a paunch; -- so called in ridicule.
Libel :: Libel (n.) A malicious publication expressed either in print or in writing, or by pictures, effigies, or other signs, tending to expose another to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule. Such publication is indictable at common law..
Chaff :: Chaff (v. i.) To use light, idle language by way of fun or ridicule; to banter..
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..
Ridiculed :: Ridiculed (imp. & p. p.) of Ridicul.
Run :: Run (v. i.) To tease with sarcasms and ridicule.
#NAME? :: -ite () A suffix denoting one of a party, a sympathizer with or adherent of, and the like, and frequently used in ridicule; as, a Millerite; a Benthamite..
Pachydermatous :: Pachydermatous (a.) Thick-skinned; not sensitive to ridicule.
Ridicule :: Ridicule (n.) An object of sport or laughter; a laughingstock; a laughing matter.
Bergomask :: Bergomask (n.) A rustic dance, so called in ridicule of the people of Bergamo, in Italy, once noted for their clownishness..
Landlubber :: Landlubber (n.) One who passes his life on land; -- so called among seamen in contempt or ridicule.
Assail :: Assail (v. t.) To attack morally, or with a view to produce changes in the feelings, character, conduct, existing usages, institutions; to attack by words, hostile influence, etc.; as, to assail one with appeals, arguments, abuse, ridicule, and the like..
Make-game :: Make-game (n.) An object of ridicule; a butt.
Mouth :: Mouth (v. i.) To make grimaces, esp. in ridicule or contempt..
Burlesque :: Burlesque (n.) An ironical or satirical composition intended to excite laughter, or to ridicule anything..
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..
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