Definition of Ridicule
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(n.) An object of sport or laughter; a laughingstock; a laughing matter.
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(n.) 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.
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(n.) Quality of being ridiculous; ridiculousness.
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(v. t.) To laugh at mockingly or disparagingly; to awaken ridicule toward or respecting.
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(a.) Ridiculous.
Antonyms of Ridicule
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Homophones of Ridicule
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