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ridicule1 nounridicule2 verb ridiculerid‧i‧cule1 /ˈrɪdəkjuːl/ noun [uncountable]   ridicule1Origin: 1600-1700 French, Latin ridiculum ‘something funny’, from ridere ‘to laugh’ - If a child lives with ridicule, he learns to be shy.
- Even when such claims evoked skepticism and ridicule, both the sick and the curious continued to come.
- He criticized comedy because it was based on ridicule.
- His looks, his temperament, his background - even his name marked him off for ridicule.
- Months of pampering and the ridicule of my cousins had turned me inward.
- Often they fear ridicule or a rebuttal.
- Unfortunately Piggy had been demoted to an object of ridicule by this point in the book so nobody listened to him.
- Willie just cries out for ridicule, don't you think?
► held up to ridicule The government’s proposals were held up to ridicule (=suffered ridicule) by opposition ministers. He had become an object of ridicule among the other teachers. ► expose yourself to ridicule/criticism etc (=say or do something that may make people laugh at you, criticize you etc) ADJECTIVE► public· He hated being the object of public attention and ridicule like some fairground mountebank. VERB► hold· Above all it held up to ridicule the idea that political decisions should be taken within a moral framework. ► an object of pity/desire/ridicule etc- A spendthrift with a regular, secure income is an object of desire among bankers.
- Because of this, a household obliged to sponsor many feasts gains no prestige, but becomes rather an object of pity.
- He left Downing Street in 1963 almost an object of ridicule, condemned in Gibbonian terms as the symbol of national decay.
- Mitch's image alone does not make clear that he will be mocked rather than taken seriously as an object of desire.
- She became an object of ridicule.
- Unfortunately Piggy had been demoted to an object of ridicule by this point in the book so nobody listened to him.
- Yet he is held up as an object of ridicule and loathing throughout the land.
unkind laughter or remarks that are intended to make someone or something seem stupid: the ridicule of his peers The government’s proposals were held up to ridicule (=suffered ridicule) by opposition ministers. He had become an object of ridicule among the other teachers.ridicule1 nounridicule2 verb ridiculeridicule2 verb [transitive] VERB TABLEridicule |
| Present | I, you, we, they | ridicule | | he, she, it | ridicules | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | ridiculed | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have ridiculed | | he, she, it | has ridiculed | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had ridiculed | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will ridicule | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have ridiculed |
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| Present | I | am ridiculing | | he, she, it | is ridiculing | | you, we, they | are ridiculing | | Past | I, he, she, it | was ridiculing | | you, we, they | were ridiculing | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been ridiculing | | he, she, it | has been ridiculing | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been ridiculing | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be ridiculing | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been ridiculing |
- Petrocelli ridiculed the police conspiracy theory.
- Avoid insulting or ridiculing teenagers' efforts to be differ-ent.
- For a number of years she patiently withstood the abuse of her employers and fellow workers, who ridiculed her religious habits.
- For decades, consultants, politicians, pilots and travelers have ridiculed Lindbergh Field.
- Given the numbers of the disadvantaged, critics of Treasury ridicule the whole proposal.
- He felt so ashamed of his weakness, but George didn't ridicule him at all.
- Joseph was ridiculed for being serious.
- Their fellow church members 73 ridiculed, shunned, or expelled them-sometimes all three.
► mock formal to laugh at and say unkind things about a person, institution, belief etc, to show that you do not have a high opinion of them. Mock is a formal word – in everyday English people usually say make fun of: · The press mocked his attempts to appeal to young voters.· She was mocked by other pupils in her class.· You shouldn’t mock the afflicted! (=you should not make fun of people who cannot help having problems – used especially ironically, when really you think it is funny too) ► make fun of somebody/something to make someone or something seem stupid by making unkind jokes about them: · Peter didn’t seem to realize that they were making fun of him.· It used to be fashionable to make fun of the European Parliament. ► laugh at somebody/something to make unkind or funny remarks about someone or something, because they seem stupid or strange: · I don’t want the other kids to laugh at me.· People would laugh at the idea nowadays. ► poke fun at somebody/something to make someone or something seem silly by making jokes about them, especially in a way that is funny but not really cruel: · a TV series that regularly poked fun at the government· He’s in no position to poke fun at other people’s use of English! ► ridicule formal to make unkind remarks that make someone or something seem stupid: · Catesby ridiculed his suggestion.· His ideas were widely ridiculed at the time.· Scientists ridiculed him for doubting the existence of the greenhouse effect. ► deride formal to make remarks that show you think that something is stupid or useless – often used when you think that the people who do this are wrong: · Some forms of alternative medicine – much derided by doctors – have been shown to help patients.· the system that Marxists previously derided as ‘bourgeois democracy’ ► expose yourself to ridicule/criticism etc (=say or do something that may make people laugh at you, criticize you etc) ► an object of pity/desire/ridicule etc- A spendthrift with a regular, secure income is an object of desire among bankers.
- Because of this, a household obliged to sponsor many feasts gains no prestige, but becomes rather an object of pity.
- He left Downing Street in 1963 almost an object of ridicule, condemned in Gibbonian terms as the symbol of national decay.
- Mitch's image alone does not make clear that he will be mocked rather than taken seriously as an object of desire.
- She became an object of ridicule.
- Unfortunately Piggy had been demoted to an object of ridicule by this point in the book so nobody listened to him.
- Yet he is held up as an object of ridicule and loathing throughout the land.
to laugh at a person, idea etc and say that they are stupid SYN mock: At the time, his ideas were ridiculed. |