ridicule
To criticize or disapprove of someone or something through scornful jocularityTo criticize or disapprove of someone or something through scornful jocularity; to make fun of.
» Don't ridicule a child for crying.
Meaning
1 sensesTo criticize or disapprove of someone or something through scornful jocularity; to make fun of.
His older sibling constantly ridiculed him with sarcastic remarks.
verspotten
высме́иватьvysméivatʹ, вы́смеятьvýsmejatʹ, насмеха́тьсяnasmexátʹsja
висмі́юватиvysmíjuvaty, ви́сміятиvýsmijaty, насміха́тисяnasmixátysja
- subject to laughter or ridicule
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”).
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Forms
ridicules, ridiculing, ridiculed, ridiculedSynonyms
10 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle