ridicule

Speech parts

1. ridicule - Noun

2. ridicule - Adjective

3. ridicule - Verb

Meaning

An object of sport or laughter; a laughingstock; a laughing matter.

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.

Quality of being ridiculous; ridiculousness.

To laugh at mockingly or disparagingly; to awaken ridicule toward or respecting.

Ridiculous.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

derision lampoon satire mockery sarcasm guy blackguard contempt mock irony rib roast mocking scorn teasing
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Antonyms

support adore respect agree honor approval
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Hypernyms

offense offence mock disrespect discourtesy bemock

Hyponyms

lampoon expose mock tease satirize debunk

Phrases with the word

target for ridicule hold up to ridicule object of ridicule

Derivatives

ridiculed ridiculing

Examples

To ridicule philosophy is really to philosophize. Blaise Pascal

I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence. Frederick Douglass

The truth of our faith becomes a matter of ridicule among the infidels if any Catholic, not gifted with the necessary scientific learning, presents as dogma what scientific scrutiny shows to be false. Thomas Aquinas

He who boasts of his accomplishments will heap ridicule. Filipino Proverb

Do not ridicule the thin-bearded when you yourself have no beard. Arabic Proverb

Ridicule is the test of truth. Dutch Proverb

Close letter words and terms

ridicle ridiculable ridicularity ridicule pole ridiculer ridiculing