Look up: Ridicule

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   ridicule
   [n] - language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate 2. [v] - subject to laughter or ridicule
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   Ridicule
   Rid'i·cule noun [ French ridicule , Latin ridiculum a jest, from ridiculus . See Ridiculous .] 1. An object of sport or laughter; a laughingstock; a laughing matter. « [ Marlborough] was so miserably ignorant, that his deficiencies made him the ridicule of his contemporaries.» Buckle. « To the people . . . but a trifle, to the k ...
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   Ridicule
   Rid'i·cule transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Ridiculed ; present participle & verbal noun Ridiculing .] To laugh at mockingly or disparagingly; to awaken ridicule toward or respecting. « I 've known the young, who ridiculed his rage.» Goldsmith. Syn. -- To deride; banter; rally; burlesque; ...
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   Ridicule
   Rid'i·cule adjective [ French] Ridiculous. [ Obsolete] « This action . . . became so ridicule .» Aubrey.
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   ridicule
   noun language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate
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   Ridicule
   `Ridicule` is a 1996 French film set in the 18th century at the decadent court of Versailles. Its title refers to one's ability to ridicule others, a useful talent in a court where the social status of nobles could rise and fall based on success or humiliation in response to ridicule and retort. The story critiques the social injustices of late 18th century France, showing the corruption of religion and the callousness of the aristocrats at Versa...
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   Ridicule
   • (a.) Ridiculous. • (n.) An object of sport or laughter; a laughingstock; a laughing matter. • (n.) Quality of being ridiculous; ridiculousness. • (v. t.) To laugh at mockingly or disparagingly; to awaken ridicule toward or respecting. • (n.) Remarks concerning a subject or a person designed to excite laughter with a degre...
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   ridicule
   
   1. language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate
   2. the act of deriding or treating with contempt
   
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