ridicule
Derision; mocking or humiliating words or behaviorDerision; mocking or humiliating words or behavior.
» Don't ridicule a child for crying.
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4 senses(countable, uncountable)Derision; mocking or humiliating words or behavior.
насме́шкаnasméška
(countable, uncountable)An object of sport or laughter; a laughing stock.
(countable, uncountable)The quality of being ridiculous; ridiculousness.
(historical, regional)A small woman's handbag; a reticule.
- language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate
- the act of deriding or treating with contempt
Examples
65 sentencesDon't ridicule a child for crying.
Never ridicule a child for crying.
It isn't good to ridicule people in public.
It's not good to ridicule people in public.
He exposed himself to the ridicule of his classmates.
ruОн выставил себя на посмешище перед одноклассниками. — Hellerick
deEr machte sich zum Gespött seiner Mitschüler. — samueldora
Translations
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Origin
The obsolete adjective is borrowed from French ridicule, from Latin rīdiculus (“laughable,The obsolete adjective is borrowed from French ridicule, from Latin rīdiculus (“laughable, comical, amusing, absurd, ridiculous”), from ridere (“to laugh”).
Apparently from French ridicule (“reticule”), probably a punning alteration of réticule after ridicule (“ridicule”).
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Forms
plural: ridiculesSynonyms
5 synonyms- the act of deriding or treating with contempt:derision
Word family
10 related wordsLessons for this word
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