Ridicule

Definition: Ridicule

Ridicule

Noun

1. Language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate.

2. The act of deriding or treating with contempt.

Verb

1. Subject to laughter or ridicule: "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "ridicule" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references)

Satire

Literature

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Synonyms: Ridicule

Affectation

Affector, performer, actor; pedant, pedagogue, doctrinaire, purist, euphuist, mannerist; grimacier; lump of affectation, precieuse ridicule, bas bleu, blue stocking, poetaster; prig; charlatan; (deceiver); (fop); flatterer; coquette, prude, puritan.

Amusement

Play; game, game at romps; gambol, romp, prank, antic, rig, lark, spree, skylarking, vagary, monkey trick, gambade, fredaine, escapade, echappee, bout, espieglerie; practical joke; (ridicule).

Disrespect

Have in derision; hold in derision; deride, scoff, barrack, sneer, laugh at, ridicule, gibe, mock, jeer, hiss, hoot, taunt, twit, niggle, gleek, gird, flout, fleer; roast, turn into ridicule; burlesque; laugh to scorn; (contempt); smoke; fool; make game of, make a fool of, make an April fool of; play a practical joke; lead one a dance, run the rig upon, have a fling at, scout; mob.

Ridicule

Verb: ridicule, deride, mock, taunt; laugh in one's sleeve; tease, badinage, banter, rally, chaff, joke, twit, quiz, roast; haze; tehee; fleer; show up.

Turn into ridicule; make merry with; make fun of, make game of, make a fool of, make an April fool of; rally; scoff; (disrespect).

Noun: ridicule, derision; sardonic smile, sardonic grin; irrision; scoffing; (disrespect); mockery, quiz, banter, irony, persiflage, raillery, chaff, badinage; quizzing; Verb: asteism.

Adverb: in ridicule; n.

Ridiculousness

Phrase: risum teneatis amici; rideret Heraclitus; du sublime au ridicule il n'y a qu'un pas.

Underestimation

Verb: underrate, underestimate, undervalue, underreckon; depreciate; disparage; (detract); not do justice to; misprize, disprize; ridicule; slight; (despise); neglect; slur over.

Wit

Retort; banter; (ridicule); ridentem dicere verum; joke at one's expense.

Banter, badinage, retort, repartee, smartness, ready wit, quid-pro-quo; ridicule.

Crosswords: Ridicule

French (absurd, farcical, foolish, laughable, laughing, ludicrous, preposterous, ridicule, ridiculous, silly).

And there's nothing in the Scriptures to say that he did not. Why, even the saints have been known to employ comedy, to ridicule the enemies of the Faith (Name der Rose, Der; writing credit: Andrew Birkin; Gérard Brach)

Tonight Mike Dexter will know ridicule. Tonight is the night we fight back (Can't Hardly Wait; writing credit: Deborah Kaplan; Harry Elfont)

All in their pyjamas? C'est ridicule! What is it, some new American fad (Charade; writing credit: Peter Stone; Marc Behm)

You oughta wait here and set this sucker straight, boy. You are the true champion of all existence, and shudder the petulant worm who dares darken your brain with ridicule! (Kevin Spencer; writing credit: Rick Kaulbars; Greg Lawrence)

To all that jealousy, that bitterness, that ridicule (Babylon; performing artist: David Gray)

Ridicule (1996)

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Books

• A Discourse Concerning Ridicule and Irony in Writing (Augustan Reprint Society Publication, No 142) (reference)

• Betwixt Jest and Earnest: Marprelate, Milton, Marvell, Swift and the Decorum of Religious Ridicule (reference)

• Easing the Teasing : Helping Your Child Cope with Name-Calling, Ridicule, and Verbal Bullying (reference)

• L'héritier ridicule, ou, La dame intéressée : comédie (reference)

• Molière, ou, L'esthétique du ridicule (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Ridicule (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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They ridicule the great (r)meg and the great (r)dab

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Health

Unsympathetic peers, too, sometimes may make matters worse, through teasing or ridicule. (references)

Civil Liberties

Pakistan

The suspended Constitution also prohibited the ridicule of Islam, the armed forces, or the judiciary. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "ridicule": ad in ridicule ♦ be a butt for ridicule ♦ be the butt of ridicule ♦ du sublime au ridicule il n'y a qu'un pas ♦ expose oneself to ridicule ♦ hold on turn into ridicule ♦ hold up to ridicule ♦ hold up turn into ridicule. Additional references.

Ending with "ridicule": self-ridicule.

Albanian

tallje (banter, derision, dig, fleer, flout, gibe, gird, jeer, jesting, jibe, joke, mock, mockery, pleasantry, quiz, satire, scoff, sneer, snook, Snoot, spoof, sport, taunt, twit), tallës (derisive, derisory, jeering, mocking, quizzical, scoffer), tall (banter, deride, fleer, jeer, make fun of, mock, scoff, taunt), bëj qesharak. (various references)

Arabic 

‏تهكم (deride, flippancy, gibe, irony, jeer, mockery, persiflage, quip, sarcasm, satire, taunt), ‏سخرية (burlesque, derision, fling, gibe, humor, humour, irony, jeer, lampoon, laughter, mockery, persiflage, quip, rub, sarcasm, scoff, scorn, shy, snap, sneer, spoof, taunt, tee-hee, tehee, twit, wit), ‏سخر (befool, chip, debunk, deride, fleer, guy, jape, jeer, kid, lampoon, laugh at, make a game of, make fun of, mimic, mock, monkey, override, persiflage, pillory, poke fun, pooh pooh, quip, quiz, rally, rib, satirize, scoff, send up, smile, snap, sneer, snigger, taunt, tee-hee, twit), ‏أصبح مضحك. (various references)

Bulgarian 

осмиване (mock, mockery), осмивам (deride, lampoon, mock, satirize, scoff, sneer, take off, twit), присмех (derision, fling, hoot, jeer, laugh, mockery, rub, scoff, scorn, taunt), посмешище (derision, joke, laughingstock, mock, mockery, scoff, sight, sport), подигравка (dig, flout, gibe, gird, jape, jeer, jest, jibe, mock, mockery, rub, scoff, sneer, snub, sport, twit, wipe), подигравам (bosh, fool, laugh at, make fun of, mock, roast, send up). (various references)

Chinese 

譙 (drum tower, to blame), 誚 (to blame), 譏 , 愚弄 (derision, mock), 嘲 (mock, to ridicule). (various references)

Czech

zesmìšnit (stultify), výsmìch (derision, mockery), posmívat se (gibe, jeer, jibber, mock, taunt), posmìch (derision, jeer, mock, scoff, sneer, taunt). (various references)

Dutch

zich vrolijk maken over (quip), zich vrolýk maken over (deride, mock, quip), voor de zot houden (deride, mock, quip), persiflage (derision, mockery), de spot drijven met (quip), de spot drýven met (deride, mock, quip), bespotting (derision, mockery), bespotten (deride, jeer at, make fun of, mock, quip), belachelijk maken, belachelýk maken. (various references)

Esperanto

ridindigi, primoki (deride, mock, quip), moki pri (deride, mock, quip), mokado (derision, mockery). (various references)

Farsi 

تمسخرکردن (Deride, Jest, Scoff), استهزا, ریشخند (Jeer, Sarcasm, Scoff), دست انداختن (Banter, Fool, Game, Gibe, Hoax, Kid, Lark, Spoof). (various references)

Finnish

pilkka (blaze, derision, dump, fun, jest, mockery, scoffing, target), ivata (deride, jeer, scoff). (various references)

French

ridicule (ridiculous). (various references)

German

Spott (derision, derisiveness, fleer, gibe, jeer, jibe, mockery, sarcasm, scoff, sneer, taunt), verspotten (deride, gibe, jeer at, lampoon, make fun of, mock, satirize, taunt, to deride, to flout, to lampoon, to mock, to ridicule, to satirize), Spotten (be derisive, deride, derision, flout, gibe, jape, jeer, jeer at, jibe, make fun of, mock, mock fun, mockery, scoff, scorn, sneer, taunt, to mock). (various references)

Greek 

κοροϊδεύω (dupe, fool, guy, kid, mock, razz, spoof, string along, take the mickey out of), ρεζίλι (laughing stock), ρεζίλεμα, γελοιοποιώ (befool, burlesque, stultify), γελοιοποίηση (pouring scorn), περιγελώσ (fleer, laughingstock), περιγελώ (deride, jeer, mock, razz, scoff), διασυρμός (drubbing, humiliation). (various references)

Hebrew 

ללעו�' (deride, gibe, guy, jeer, laugh at, make fun of, mock, scoff, sneer), לע�' (derision, mockery, scorn), ל�'לו�' (derision, irony, jeer, laugh at, mock, mockery, sneer, taunt), לצון (fun, jesting, mockery, prank, scorn), �'חוך (giggle, grin, ineptitude, ineptness, ludicrousness, smile). (various references)

Hungarian

nevetség (to get a rise out of sy, to take a rise out of sy), gúny (irony, jest, mock, sarcasm, scorn, taunt, taunting). (various references)

Indonesian

tertawaan (laughingstock, mockery), mengejek (deride, hoot, mock, mocking), membagai, ejekan (derision, hooting, irony, mockery), cemuh (taunt). (various references)

Italian

ridicolo (absurd, antic, comic, comical, laughable, ludicrous, paltry, preposterous, ridiculous, ridiculousness, risible, silly), ridicolizzare, mettere in ridicolo, derisione (derision, jeer, mock, mockery), canzonare (banter, deride, flout, joke, make fun of, razz, satirize, tease, twit). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

揶揄 (banter, banter with, raillery, tease), 愚弄 (derision, mockery), 嘲弄 (mockery, scorn), 嘲り (scorn). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ぐろう (derision, mockery), あざけり (scorn), やゆ (banter, banter with, raillery, tease), ちょうろう (eldest, mockery, scorn, senior). (various references)

Manx

fannidys (derision, mockery, scorn), faghid (contempt, derision, distain, insult, mockery, scorn, sneer). (various references)

Pig Latin

idiculeray.(various references)

Portuguese

ridicularizar (banter, belabor, belabour, bosh, burlesque, deride, guy, lambaste, lampoon, laugh, make an ass of, mock, quiz, scout), ridículo (apish, awful, comic, comical, derisive, derisory, extravagant, farcical, foolish, irony, laughable, ludicrous, preposterous, quizzical, ragtime, ridiculous, risible, satire), zombaria (chaff, fleer, flout, gibe, gird, jeer, jibe, mock, mockery, persiflage, ragging, raillery, scoff, slyness, sneer, sport), zombar de (chaff, flout, rag, sneer), troça (flout, mockery, persiflage, ragging, raillery), mofa (jeer, mock, mockery, ragging, raillery, scoff), meter a ridículo, fazer troça de, escárnio (derision, fleer, fling, flout, gibe, gird, jeer, jibe, mock, mockery, scoff, sneer, taunt), coisa ridícula. (various references)

Romanian

ridiculiza (banter, burlesque, guy, laugh, mock, roast, stultify), ridicol (clownish, derisive, farcical, foolish, grotesque, humorous, laughable, laughably, ludicrous, preposterous, ridiculous, ridiculously, risible), zeflemisi (banter, chaff, deride, rail, score, scorn, slight, taunt), satirã (pasquinade, satire, skit, squib), derâdere (derision, jeer, mock), batjocurã (farce, gibe, insult, jeer, jesting, mock, mockery, quiz, scorn, taunt). (various references)

Russian 

смехотворность, осмеивать (deride, guy, scoff, scoffed), нелепый (absurd, grotesque, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, ragtime, ridiculous, ungodly), насмехаться осмеяние, засмеять (scoff). (various references)

Scottish

fachaint. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

rugati se (bullyrag, deride, flout, gibe, gird, jape, jeer, jest, mock, poke fun, scoff), rugalica (giber), smešan (amusing, comical, droll, funny, hilarious, laughable, ludicrous, rich, ridiculous), poruga (derision, jest, mockery, opprobrium, scoff, taunt), podsmeh (flout, jibe, scoff, sneer, spectacle, taunt), podrugljiv (derisive, derisory, jeering, mocking, quizzical, sneering, snide, taunting), ismevati (diddle, laugh at, make fun of, mock, quiz). (various references)

Spanish

ridiculizar (deride, guy, laugh down, poke fun at), ridículo (absurd, farcical, ludicrous, ridiculous, silly). (various references)

Swedish

förlöjliga (deride, scoff at), åtlöje (derision, laughing stock, laughter). (various references)

Thai

เยาะเย้ย (gibe, gibe at, guy, jape, jibe, mock, sardonic, taunt with), การเยาะเย้ย (mockery). (various references)

Turkish

dalga geçmek (cod, gibe, jape, jeer, jibe, kid, make fun of, make merry over, monkey around, pull smb.'s leg, rag, razz, rib, scoff, send up), dalga geçme (gibe, jape, jibe, kidding, making fun of smb., no kidding, pulling smb.'s leg, wipe, wiper), alaya almak (bring into derision, chip, deride, laugh at, make fun of), alay konusu yapmak, alay etmek (deride, flout, gibe, gird at, gird at smb., give smb. a roasting, groove, guy, hold in derision, ironize, jape, jeer, jeer at, jibe, jolly, Josh, laugh at, make a game of, make a jest of, make fun of, make merry over, mock, poke fun, poke fun at smb., pull smb.'s leg, razz, roast, rot, scoff, take the mickey out of smb., taunt), alay (banter, cortege, derision, fleet, fun, gag, gibe, irony, jape, jeer, jest, jibe, joke, leg pull, mock, mockery, parade, persiflage, procession, quiz, regiment, regimental, rub, scoff, sneer, taunt, teasing, troops in line, wipe). (various references)

Ukrainian

осміювати, осміяння (barracking, derision, mock, mockery), посміховище (derision, joke, laughingstock, mock, mockery, pillory, scoff, target). (various references)

Vietnamese 

sự nhạo báng (derision, gird, girt, mock), sự giễu cợt (gird, girt), sự chế nhạo (derision, game, gibe, gird, girt, sarcasm), sự bông đùa. (various references)

Welsh

gwawdio (jeer, mock, scoff), gwawdiaeth, gwawd (scoff, scorn). (various references)

deridere, illud, illudo illusi illusum, inludant, inludas, inludebant, inludebantque, inludebat, inludebatur, inludendam, inludendum, inludent, inludentes, inludere, inluderet, inludes, inludet, inludetur, inluserunt, inlusisti, inlusus, inrideant, inrideas, inrideat, inridebant, inridebit, inridebunt, inridens, inridentes, inridentibus, inrideo, inridere, inridet, inriseris, inriserunt, inrisionem, inrisum, rideam, rideat, ridebam, ridebis, ridebit, ridebo, ridebunt, ridendi, ridetis, risi, risit, risu, risum, risus. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "ridicule": ridiculed, ridiculer, ridiculers, ridicules. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Ridicule" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dirichlet, Radicale, radicle, Radikale, Rafiqul, redicule, Renicola, ridacule, ridicular, ridic-ule, ridiculo, ridicult, riducule, rupicola, Sidique. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: clerid, curdle, curled, dicier.

-3 letters: cider, clued, cried, crude, cruel, cured, curie, dicer, icier, idler, lucid, lucre, ludic, lured, lurid, relic, riced, riled, ruled, ulcer, ureic.

-4 letters: cedi, ceil, cire, clue, crud, cued, curd, cure, curl, deil, deli, dice, diel, dire, dirl, duce, duci, duel, dure, ecru, iced, idle, ired, irid, leud, lice.

+1 letter: ridiculed, ridiculer, ridicules.

+2 letters: ridiculers.

+3 letters: credulities, demiurgical, diverticula, incredulity, irreducible, irreducibly, prejudicial, unclarified.

+4 letters: circularised, circularized, clairaudient, discursively, diuretically, diverticular, diverticulum, quadriplegic, radionuclide, reducibility, unprincipled.

+5 letters: clairaudience, disarticulate, extrajudicial, incredulities, prejudicially, quadriplegics, radionuclides, reduplicating, reduplication, reduplicative, trinucleotide, unelectrified.