ridicule

¹rid·i·cule

noun \ˈri-də-ˌkyül\

Definition of RIDICULE

: the act of ridiculing : derision, mockery

Examples of RIDICULE

1. She didn't show anyone her artwork for fear of ridicule.
2. <the early efforts by the suffragists to obtain voting rights for women were met with ridicule>

Origin of RIDICULE

French or Latin; French, from Latin ridiculum jest

First Known Use: 1690

Related to RIDICULE

Synonyms: derision, mockery, sport

Related Words: contempt, disdain, scorn; belittlement, deprecation, disparagement; catcall, insult, put-down; laughter, snickering; burlesque, caricature, mimicry, pasquinade, satire

Near Antonyms: applause, approval, commendation, praise

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Rhymes with RIDICULE

April fool, Barnaul, blow one's cool, boarding school, charter school, common school, cutty stool, dirty pool, ducking stool, fascicule, gallinule, grammar school, graticule, groupuscule, Hartlepool, Istanbul, kilojoule, lenticule, Liverpool, machine tool, magnet school, majuscule, middle school, minischool, minuscule, molecule, motor pool, normal school, nursery school, overrule, private school, public school, reform school, reticule, summer school, Sunday school, training school, vestibule, wading pool