ridicule

/ɹˈɪdɪkjˌuːl/

/ˈɹɪdəkˌjuɫ/

[verb] [noun]

to ridicule

[VERB]

MAIN VERB

subject to laughter or ridicule

synonyms : blackguard

Ridicule

language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate

the act of deriding or treating with contempt

synonyms : derision

Examples

1. The fashion designer's latest collection was ridiculed by some critics, but the designer remained optimistic - after all, there is no such thing as bad publicity.

2. Truculent Trump twists in the wind as an isolated, ridiculed figure of fun.

3. Surely we can ask the BBC to remember that it is touching a sensitive nerve if it holds our Lord up to ridicule.

4. Ridiculing a tearful reality-show contestant?