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ridicule

[ rid-i-kyool ]

noun

  1. speech or action intended to cause contemptuous laughter at a person or thing; derision.

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verb (used with object)

ridiculed, ridiculing.
  1. to deride; make fun of.

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ridicule

/ ˈɪɪˌː /

noun

  1. language or behaviour intended to humiliate or mock; derision
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to make fun of, mock, or deride
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ徱ˌܱ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • i·ܱe noun
  • -i·ܱ noun
  • ܲ·i·ܱ adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of ridicule1

First recorded in 1665–75; from Latin ī徱ܱܳ “a joke,” equivalent to īŧ “to laugh” + -i- -i- + -culum -cule 2
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of ridicule1

C17: from French, from Latin ī徱ܱܲ , from īŧ to laugh
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Synonym Study

Ridicule, deride, mock, taunt imply making game of a person, usually in an unkind, jeering way. To ridicule is to make fun of, either sportively and good-humoredly, or unkindly with the intention of humiliating: to ridicule a pretentious person. To deride is to assail one with scornful laughter: to deride a statement of belief. To mock is sometimes playfully, sometimes insultingly, to imitate and caricature the appearance or actions of another: She mocked the seriousness of his expression. To taunt is to call attention to something annoying or humiliating, usually maliciously and exultingly and often in the presence of others: to taunt a candidate about his defeat in an election.
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Karol Nawrocki has been widely ridiculed after it emerged that several years ago, he donned a disguise to praise his own book on TV.

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Mayonnaise, with its thick, creamy opacity, has long been the subject of ridicule.

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The top security adviser has said he has asked Elon Musk, tech billionaire and the White House's government efficiency czar, to investigate how the mistake happened - a move that was ridiculed by Goldberg.

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When she told senators she had grown up on a family farm, it brought swift ridicule from Filipinos who said she was too glamorous for the countryside.

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A tweet ridiculing the president could land you in a cell.

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