Definitions of ridicule [ˈrɪd ɪˌkyul]

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Definition of 'ridicule'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) ridicule
speech or action intended to cause contemptuous laughter; derision.

2. (v.t.) ridicule
to make fun of.

Etymology: (1665–75; < L rīdiculum a joke <rīdēre to laugh)

Definition of 'ridicule'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) ridicule
language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate

2. (verb) derision, ridicule
the act of deriding or treating with contempt

3. (verb) ridicule, roast, guy, blackguard, laugh at, jest at, rib, make fun, poke fun
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"

Definition of 'ridicule'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) ridicule
ridiculous

2. (noun) ridicule
an object of sport or laughter; a laughingstock; a laughing matter

3. (noun) ridicule
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

4. (noun) ridicule
quality of being ridiculous; ridiculousness

5. (verb) ridicule
to laugh at mockingly or disparagingly; to awaken ridicule toward or respecting

Translation of 'ridicule'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to laugh at; to mock They ridiculed him because he was wearing one brown shoe and one black shoe.
Afrikaans: spot	Arabic: يَسْخَر، يَهْزَأ مِن	Bulgarian: осмивам
Brazilian: ridicularizar	Czech: smát se, vysmívat se	German: verspotten
Danish: grine af; gøre nar af	Greek: γελοιοποιώ	Spanish: ridiculizar, poner en rid
Estonian: naeruvääristama	Farsi: تمسخر کردن	Finnish: pitää pilkkanaan
French: tourner en ridicule	Hebrew: לַשִׂים לְלַעַג	Hindi: उपहास करना
Croatian: rugati se, izrugivati se	Hungarian: kinevet	Indonesian: menertawakan
Icelandic: gera grín að; hæðast að	Italian: ridicolizzare	Japanese: あざ笑う
Korean: 비웃다	Lithuanian: išjuokti	Latvian: izsmiet; apsmiet
Malay: mentertawakan	Dutch: uitlachen	Norwegian: latterliggjøre
Polish: wyśmiewać	Persian: تمسخر کردن	Pashto: ريشخند وهل ، ملنډې وهل، پ
Portuguese: ridicularizar	Romanian: a-şi bate joc, a râde de	Russian: высмеивать
Slovak: smiať sa, vysmievať sa	Slovenian: posmehovati se (komu)	Serbian: ismevati
Swedish: förlöjliga, göra narr av	Thai: หัวเราะเยาะ	Turkish: alay etmek
Taiwanese: 嘲笑	Ukrainian: висміювати	Urdu: مضحکہ اڑانہ
Vietnamese: chế nhạo	Chinese: 嘲笑
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