Associations to the word «Ridicule»
Noun
- Cartoonist
- Credibility
- Defiance
- Prediction
- Reverence
- Resentment
- Shaft
- Punishment
- Accent
- Render
- Fable
- Enjoyment
- Disgust
- Applause
- Apprehension
- Schoolmaster
- Jealousy
- Sensibility
- Veneration
- Poem
- Calamity
- Une
- Racism
- Fulton
- Spectacle
- Saying
- Arrogance
- Handel
- Target
- Byron
- Healing
- Religion
- Compliment
- Sacrament
- Adversary
- Countryman
- Intrigue
- Doctrine
- Fancy
- Opinion
- Ill
- Colleague
- Countenance
- Accusation
- Attache
- Eloquence
- Achilles
- Mankind
- Propaganda
- Displeasure
- Affection
- Modesty
- Atkinson
- Norm
- Proposal
- Clergy
Adjective
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
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