ridicule

1. n. An object of sport or laughter; a laughingstock; a laughing matter. Source: opted

2. 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. Source: opted

3. n. Quality of being ridiculous; ridiculousness. Source: opted

4. v. t. To laugh at mockingly or disparagingly; to awaken ridicule toward or respecting. Source: opted

5. a. Ridiculous. Source: opted

6. n. language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate Source: wordnet

7. n. the act of deriding or treating with contempt Source: wordnet

8. v. subject to laughter or ridicule Source: wordnet

9. To laugh at mockingly or disparagingly; to awaken ridiculetoward or respecting.I 've known the young, who ridiculed his rage. Goldsmith. Source: adambom

10. n:33/v:67 n. language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate v. subject to laughter or ridicule Source: ecdict

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