ridicule

Meaning

Verb

To criticize or disapprove of someone or something through scornful jocularity; to make fun of.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Derision; mocking or humiliating words or behavior.
2. (countable, uncountable) An object of sport or laughter; a laughing stock.
3. (countable, uncountable) The quality of being ridiculous; ridiculousness.

Adj

ridiculous

Noun

A small woman's handbag; a reticule.

Synonyms

mock

mockery

deride

make fun of

derision

scorn

laugh at

sneer

taunt

tease

jeer

satirize

joke

🤣

laugh

😆

scoff

sarcasm

insult

jeer at

be sarcastic

gibe

criticize

blame

banter

raillery

irony

speak sarcastically

sneer at

hoot

guy

jest

revile

make fun

satire

use insulting language

use sarcasm

poke fun

be ironic

ridicule with sarcasm

scold

satirise

flout

fleer

knock

disparage

kid

🧒

chaff

disgrace

despise

censure

mocking

Translations

ridicolizzare

ridiculiser

verspotten

Spott

ridiculizar

bespotten

canzonare

Hohn

deridere

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɹɪdɪkjuːl/

Etymology

The obsolete adjective is borrowed from French ridicule, from Latin rīdiculus (“laughable, comical, amusing, absurd, ridiculous”), from ridere (“to laugh”).
The noun is either from French, noun use of adjective, or from Latin rīdiculum, noun use of neuter of rīdiculus.
The verb is from the noun or else from French ridiculer, from ridicule.