ridicule

"He was being subjected to relentless scrutiny, including ridicule, discrediting absolutely every detail of his life," Baron-Cohen said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026

It was a humiliating showing for the 63-year-old Bucknor, drawing ridicule from players and fans alike.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

She’s let her hair go gray but kept up her tan, and she’s careful not to ridicule the ways her body has changed with age.

From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026

“They’re really opening themselves up to probably a successful lawsuit against attempts to enforce this, not to mention public ridicule on the eve of the nation’s 250th birthday,” Keating said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

I couldn’t endure the mockery, or the disgrace, or the patriotic ridicule.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien

The premise is simple — Scorsese, perfectionist filmmaker, mercilessly ridicules the photos he took of his nephew’s birthday party — but it’s his deadpan performance that really sells the joke.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2025

When Harris doubts or ridicules his stature, his wealth, the size of his crowds, or whatever, he feels compelled to fight back and restore his eminent centrality at once.

From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2024

A majority of consumers of Asian and Pacific Islander descent are not willing to shrug off media and advertising that ridicules or mishandles their culture.

From Seattle Times ● May 1, 2024

This is a show that ridicules the genre’s feverish dedication to pimping childhood trauma and other excuses for hyper-masculinity by doubling down on the deep friendship that keeps Harley and Ivy firmly rooted.

From Salon ● Feb. 9, 2023

However, the medical community ridicules him for the effort, and he’s never able to repeat his success.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti

Then-Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg even made it a point to ride his bike to work, a choice that Trump ridiculed.

From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2026

Dundon’s move was widely criticized — and ridiculed — after the Hurricanes on Thursday posted a picture of the engravings on social media.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

Cusack said his daughter, who was prescribed medication, felt that if she used her mental health as an "excuse" she "would be out" of the team, and feared being stigmatised and ridiculed.

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026

As to those analogues: Jackson ridiculed Alito’s refusal to acknowledge that they show how “states routinely required affirmative consent for armed carry onto private property” at the founding.

From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026

“People here do not have a desire to investigate....Indeed, they ridiculed me for looking at anything else in the country except sugar.”

From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman

At a demonstration outside the Parliament building in the Bulgarian capital, a giant screen looped videos and memes ridiculing politicians.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025

To say there even is such a thing reduces a wildly diverse group into a trite narrative that I’ve spent my career trying to debunk, when not ridiculing it altogether.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2024

Both Daniels and Trump, who is the actual defendant, come out of these exchanges sounding like schoolchildren ridiculing each other.

From Slate ● May 10, 2024

But those bands did so at their own risk; in those days Mr. Albini was also known for ridiculing the bands he recorded after the fact.

From New York Times ● May 8, 2024

It wasn’t a ridiculing laugh; it was a happy laugh at a good joke.

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine