Associations to the word «Ridicule»
Noun
- Condemnation
- Rebuke
- Gossip
- Flattery
- Socrates
- Hatred
- Disdain
- Peculiarity
- Libel
- Relish
- Skepticism
- Shame
- Embarrassment
- Humor
- Indignation
- Falsehood
- Harassment
- Object
- Defamation
- Deformity
- Abuse
- Paine
- Subject
- Pharmacist
- Galileo
- Envy
- Notion
- Scruple
- Retort
- Quixote
- Pathos
- Whig
- Malice
- Cartoon
- Eugen
- Indifference
- Boswell
- Admiration
- Epithet
- Ufo
- Critic
- Neglect
- Gaiety
- Blunder
- Praise
- Hostility
- Decency
- Mysticism
- Plato
- Dignity
- Excess
- Pity
- Repentance
Adjective
Verb
Wiktionary
RIDICULE, verb. (transitive) to criticize or disapprove of someone or something through scornful jocularity; to make fun of
RIDICULE, noun. Derision; mocking or humiliating words or behaviour
RIDICULE, noun. An object of sport or laughter; a laughing stock.
RIDICULE, noun. The quality of being ridiculous; ridiculousness.
RIDICULE, adjective. (obsolete) ridiculous
Dictionary definition
RIDICULE, noun. Language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate.
RIDICULE, noun. The act of deriding or treating with contempt.
RIDICULE, verb. Subject to laughter or ridicule; "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday".
Wise words
All our words are but crumbs that fall down from the feast
of the mind.