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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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.
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.
Mockery :: Mockery (n.) Insulting or contemptuous action or speech; contemptuous merriment; derision; ridicule.
Ridicule :: Ridicule (a.) Ridiculous.
Mouth :: Mouth (v. i.) To make grimaces, esp. in ridicule or contempt..
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.
Pointingstock :: Pointingstock (n.) An object of ridicule or scorn; a laughingstock.
Pachydermatous :: Pachydermatous (a.) Thick-skinned; not sensitive to ridicule.
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.
Make-game :: Make-game (n.) An object of ridicule; a butt.
Chaff :: Chaff (v. i.) To use light, idle language by way of fun or ridicule; to banter..
Spalpeen :: Spalpeen (n.) A scamp; an Irish term for a good-for-nothing fellow; -- often used in good-humored 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..
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..
Run :: Run (v. i.) To tease with sarcasms and ridicule.
Ridiculous :: Ridiculous (a.) Fitted to excite ridicule; absurd and laughable; unworthy of serious consideration; as, a ridiculous dress or behavior..
Pock-pudding :: Pock-pudding (n.) A bag pudding; a name of reproach or ridicule formerly applied by the Scotch to the English.
Lampoon :: Lampoon (v. t.) To subject to abusive ridicule expressed in writing; to make the subject of a lampoon.
Landlubber :: Landlubber (n.) One who passes his life on land; -- so called among seamen in contempt or ridicule.
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