ridicule | (noun) the act of deriding or treating with contempt | Synonyms: derision |
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(noun) language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate | - |
(verb) subject to laughter or ridicule | Synonyms: blackguard, guy, jest at, laugh at, make fun, poke fun, rib, roast |
ridiculer | (noun) a humorist who uses ridicule and irony and sarcasm | Synonyms: ironist, satirist |
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ridiculous | (adjective) so unreasonable as to invite derision | Synonyms: absurd, cockeyed, derisory, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous |
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(adjective) broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce | Synonyms: farcical, ludicrous |
(adjective) inspiring scornful pity | Synonyms: pathetic, silly |
ridiculously | (adverb) so as to arouse or deserve laughter | Synonyms: laughably, ludicrously, preposterously |
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ridiculousness | (noun) a message whose content is at variance with reason | Synonyms: absurdity, absurdness |
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riding | (noun) travel by being carried on horseback | Synonyms: horseback riding |
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(noun) the sport of sitting on the back of a horse while controlling its movements | Synonyms: equitation, horseback riding |