What is another word for ridicule?

Common synonyms for ridicule include derision.

What is the plural of ridicule?

The plural of ridicule is ridicules.

The past tense of ridicule is ridiculed.

/ˈɹɪdɪkjuːl/noun, verb3 syllables

Ridicule means: subject to laughter or ridicule.

noun, as in the act of deriding or treating with contempt

derision

verb, as in subject to laughter or ridicule

roast, guy, blackguard, laugh at, jest at, rib, make fun, poke fun

also used for ridicule

outlaugh, pillory, scoff, mockery, katagelasticism

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verb

subject to laughter or ridicule“The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house”

noun

the act of deriding or treating with contempt

language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

If you do that, you're going to subject yourself to ridicule.CK
His intention was to be funny, but he only exposed himself to ridicule.karloelkebekio
He came in pompously, not knowing that everyone would ridicule him.forsyth_rich
That magazine often functions as a modern satirical pamphlet, aiming to ridicule the powerful.rul
She not only ridiculed him, but also drove him out.Adlib
It is not good to ridicule him in public.CM
It is mean of you to ridicule him in public.CM
He exposed himself to the ridicule of his classmates.CK

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