Definition of ridicule
- n. - An object of sport or laughter; a laughingstock; a
laughing matter.
- n. - Remarks concerning a subject or a person designed to
excite laughter with a degree of contempt; wit of that species which
provokes contemptuous laughter; disparagement by making a person an
object of laughter; banter; -- a term lighter than derision.
- n. - Quality of being ridiculous; ridiculousness.
- v. t. - To laugh at mockingly or disparagingly; to awaken
ridicule toward or respecting.
- a. - Ridiculous.