ridicule
Example Sentences
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When Dolly was in third grade, her mother used scraps of fabric to make her a “coat of many colors,” which a “mean girl” ridiculed.
"For example, a tweet being shared to allege homophobia on my part was actually ridiculing homophobia," he said.
From BBC
According to the etymonline site, as a verb, it originally meant to “ridicule; deceive with a fabrication.”
From Salon
By the accession of Leopold II in 1790, an empire based on a “feudal hierarchy of status” found itself in the age of Romantic nationalism, democracy and “enlightened ridicule.”
“I wanted to laugh with them and sometimes their naivete is funny and endearing. But I never wanted to ridicule them. Of course, it’s a very scary thing to try and do.”
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
