Ridicule (IPA: /ˈɹɪdəkˌjuɫ/)
| Ridicule (n.) |
An object of sport or laughter; a laughingstock; a laughing matter. |
| Ridicule (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. |
| Ridicule (n.) |
Quality of being ridiculous; ridiculousness. |
| Ridicule (v. t.) |
To laugh at mockingly or disparagingly; to awaken ridicule toward or respecting. |
| Ridicule (a.) |
Ridiculous. |
| Ridicule |
1996 film by Patrice Leconte |
| Ridicule |
Episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit |
| Ridicule Synonyms |
Derision |
| Ridicule Synonyms |
Make Fun, Blackguard, Roast, Laugh At, Rib, Jest At, Guy, Poke Fun |
Ridicule Rhymes
Ridicule |
| Spanish Translation |
Ridicule in Spanish is Ridículo |
| Tagalog Translation |
Ridicule in Tagalog is Kutyain |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " Aristophanes turns Socrates into ridicule as making the worse appear the better reason." - Reason |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "Du sublime au ridicule il n'y a qu'un pas." - Ridicule |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "En géneral, le ridicule touche au sublime." - Ridicule |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " How comes it to pass, then, that we appear such cowards in reasoning, and are so afraid to stand the test of ridicule?" - Ridicule |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "I distrust those sentiments that are too far removed from nature, and whose sublimity is blended with ridicule; which two are as near one another as extreme wisdom and folly." - Ridicule |
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