| ridicule | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. ridicule | language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate. |
| ~ discourtesy, disrespect | an expression of lack of respect. |
| n. (act) | 2. derision, ridicule | the act of deriding or treating with contempt. |
| ~ offense, offensive activity, discourtesy, offence | a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others. |
| ~ mock | the act of mocking or ridiculing.; "they made a mock of him" |
| v. (communication) | 3. blackguard, guy, jest at, laugh at, make fun, poke fun, rib, ridicule, roast | subject to laughter or ridicule.; "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday" |
| ~ bemock, mock | treat with contempt.; "The new constitution mocks all democratic principles" |
| ~ tease | mock or make fun of playfully.; "the flirting man teased the young woman" |
| ~ lampoon, satirise, satirize | ridicule with satire.; "The writer satirized the politician's proposal" |
| ~ debunk, expose | expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas.; "The physicist debunked the psychic's claims" |
| ~ stultify | cause to appear foolish.; "He stultified himself by contradicting himself and being inconsistent" |
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