Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - ridicule
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Ridicule
ridicule
~1 n unkind laughter or remarks intended to make someone or something seem stupid (He used his acute brain and mischievous wit to ridicule Tory MPs. | be held up to ridicule (=be publicly made to look stupid)) (In `The Lord of the Flies', Piggy had become an object of ridicule, ignored by the other boys. | an object of ridicule (=a person or thing that everyone laughs at and regards as stupid)) ~2 v to laugh at a person, idea, institution etc (My ideas were ridiculed by the rest of the team.)
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(ridicules, ridiculing, ridiculed) 1. If you ridicule someone or ridicule their ideas or beliefs, you make fun of them in an unkind way. I admired her all the more for allowing them to ridicule her and never striking back... = mock VERB: V n 2. If someone or something is an object of ridicule or is held up to ridicule, someone makes fun of them in an unkind way. As a heavy child, she became the object of ridicule from classmates... N-UNCOUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Etymology: French or Latin; French, from Latin ridiculum jest Date: 1690 the act of ridiculing ; derision, mockery II. transitive verb (-culed; -culing) Date: circa 1700 to make fun of • ~r noun Synonyms: ~, deride, mock, taunt mean to make an object of laughter of. ~ implies a deliberate often malicious belittling consistently ~d everything she said. deride suggests contemptuous and often bitter ~ derided their efforts to start their own business. mock implies scorn often ironically expressed as by mimicry or sham deference youngsters began to mock the helpless wino. taunt suggests jeeringly provoking insult or challenge hometown fans taunted the visiting team. RIDICULER noun see ridicule II ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. subjection to derision or mockery. --v.tr. make fun of; subject to ridicule; laugh at. Etymology: F or f. L ridiculum neut. of ridiculus laughable f. ridere laugh ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. осмеяние, насмешка to hold smb. up to ridicule —- высмеивать кого-л., делать кого-л. посмешищем to pour ridicule on smb., smth. —- высмеивать кого-л., что-л.; насмехаться над кем-л., чем-л. to turn (in)to ridicule —- выставлять на посмешище; высмеивать to lay oneself open to ridicule —- навлекать на себя насмешки; людей насмешить 2. редк. предмет насмешек, посмешище 3. редк. нелепость, смехотворная вещь 4. смехотворность the ridicule of such a supposition —- смехотворность подобного предположения 5. осмеивать, высмеивать, поднимать на смех, подвергать осмеянию ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) осмеяние; насмешка; to hold up to ridicule - делать посмешищем 2) смехотворность Syn: derision, irony, mockery, sarcasm, satire Ant: praise 2. v. осмеивать; высмеивать, поднимать на смех ...Англо-русский словарь
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