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Learn to pronounce rid·i·cule

/ˈridəˌkyo͞ol/
noun
the subjection of someone or something to contemptuous and dismissive language or behavior.
"he is held up as an object of ridicule"
synonyms: mockery, derision, laughter, scorn, scoffing, contempt, jeering, sneering, sneers, jibes, jibing, joking, teasing, taunts, taunting, ragging, chaffing, twitting, raillery, sarcasm, satire, lampoon, burlesque, caricature, parody, kidding, kidology, ribbing, joshing, winding up, taking the mickey, goofing, razzing, pulling someone's chain, chiacking, sport, taking the piss

verb
subject (someone or something) to contemptuous and dismissive language or behavior.
"his theory was ridiculed and dismissed"
synonyms: deride, mock, laugh at, heap scorn on, hold up to shame, hold up to ridicule, expose to ridicule, jeer at, jibe at, sneer at, show up, treat with contempt, scorn, make fun of, poke fun at, make jokes about, laugh to scorn, scoff at, pillory, be sarcastic about, satirize, lampoon, burlesque, caricature, parody, tease, taunt, rag, chaff, twit, kid, rib, josh, wind up, take the mickey out of, goof on, rag on, razz, pull someone's chain, chiack, poke mullock at, sling off at, make sport of, quiz, flout (at), take the piss (out of)

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Verb edit. ridicule (third-person singular simple present ridicules, present participle ridiculing, simple past and past participle ridiculed).
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