RIDICULE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the act of deriding or treating with contempt
   Synonym(s)
   • derision (what does derision mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) ridicule is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • discourtesy (what does discourtesy mean?)
   • offense (what does offense mean?)
   • offence (what does offence mean?)
   • offensive activity (what does offensive activity mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • mock (what does mock mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • ridicule (what does ridicule mean?)
   • roast (what does roast mean?)
   • guy (what does guy mean?)
   • blackguard (what does blackguard mean?)
   • laugh at (what does laugh at mean?)
   • jest at (what does jest at mean?)
   • rib (what does rib mean?)
   • make fun (what does make fun mean?)
   • poke fun (what does poke fun mean?)
   • deride (what does deride mean?)
2. Meaning
   • language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate
   Hypernyms(s) ridicule is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • disrespect (what does disrespect mean?)
   • discourtesy (what does discourtesy mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • ridicule (what does ridicule mean?)
   • roast (what does roast mean?)
   • guy (what does guy mean?)
   • blackguard (what does blackguard mean?)
   • laugh at (what does laugh at mean?)
   • jest at (what does jest at mean?)
   • rib (what does rib mean?)
   • make fun (what does make fun mean?)
   • poke fun (what does poke fun mean?)

RIDICULE as VERB

1. Meaning
   • subject to laughter or ridicule
   Synonym(s)
   • blackguard (what does blackguard mean?)
   • guy (what does guy mean?)
   • jest at (what does jest at mean?)
   • laugh at (what does laugh at mean?)
   • make fun (what does make fun mean?)
   • poke fun (what does poke fun mean?)
   • rib (what does rib mean?)
   • roast (what does roast mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • 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
   Hypernyms(s) ridicule is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • mock (what does mock mean?)
   • bemock (what does bemock mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • tease (what does tease mean?)
   • satirize (what does satirize mean?)
   • satirise (what does satirise mean?)
   • lampoon (what does lampoon mean?)
   • debunk (what does debunk mean?)
   • expose (what does expose mean?)
   • stultify (what does stultify mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • rib (what does rib mean?)
   • tease (what does tease mean?)
   • teasing (what does teasing mean?)
   • ribbing (what does ribbing mean?)
   • knock (what does knock mean?)
   • roast (what does roast mean?)
   • derision (what does derision mean?)
   • ridicule (what does ridicule mean?)
   • ridicule (what does ridicule mean?)
   • satirist (what does satirist mean?)
   • ironist (what does ironist mean?)
   • ridiculer (what does ridiculer mean?)