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.