ridicule
21ridicule — n. 1) draw, incur ridicule 2) to heap, pour ridicule on smb. 3) (misc.) to hold smb. up to ridicule * * * [ rɪdɪkjuːl] incur ridicule pour ridicule on smb. (misc.) to hold smb. up to ridicule draw to heap …
22ridicule — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Derision Nouns 1. ridicule, derision, scoffing, mockery, quiz, banter, irony, persiflage, raillery, chaff, badinage. See contempt. 2. parody, burlesque, travesty, farce, caricature, camp; buffoonery,… …
23ridicule — rid|i|cule1 [ rıdı,kjul ] noun uncount remarks or behavior intended to make someone or something seem silly by making fun of them in an unkind way: The idea met with such ridicule that it was dropped. object of ridicule (=someone or something… …
24ridicule — {{11}}ridicule (n.) 1700, from RIDICULE (Cf. ridicule) (v.). He who brings ridicule to bear against truth, finds in his hand a blade without a hilt. [Walter Savage Landor, Imaginary Conversations ] {{12}}ridicule (v.) 1680s, from Fr. ridicule,… …
25ridicule — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ public VERB + RIDICULE ▪ attract (esp. BrE), receive ▪ expose sb/sth to, hold sb/sth up to, treat sb/sth with …
26ridicule — rid|i|cule1 [ˈrıdıkju:l] n [U] [Date: 1600 1700; : French; Origin: Latin ridiculum something funny , from ridere to laugh ] unkind laughter or remarks that are intended to make someone or something seem stupid ▪ the ridicule of his peers ▪ The… …
27ridicule — 1 noun (U) unkind laughter or remarks intended to make someone or something seem stupid: He used his acute brain and mischievous wit to ridicule Tory MPs. | be held up to ridicule (=be publicly made to look stupid): In The Lord of the Flies ,… …
28ridicule — nm., situation // quelque chose de ridicule ridicule : folanshri nf. (Arvillard). A1) adj., ridicule => Bête. Fra. Être ridicule : étre bétye (Albanais) …
29ridicule — I. noun Etymology: French or Latin; French, from Latin ridiculum jest Date: 1690 the act of ridiculing ; derision, mockery II. transitive verb ( culed; culing) Date: circa 1700 to make fun of • ridiculer …
30ridicule — ridiculer, n. /rid i kyoohl /, n., v., ridiculed, ridiculing. n. 1. speech or action intended to cause contemptuous laughter at a person or thing; derision. v.t. 2. to deride; make fun of. [1665 75; < L ridiculum a joke, equiv. to rid(ere) to… …
