Synonyms for Ridicule:

n.
- custard pie
- respect
• banter
- dissing
- gossip
• caricature
- puton
- send ups
- send-ups
- sendups
• communication
- ridicule
• contempt
- Hauteur
- antipathy
- contumacy
- disesteem
- disfavor
- invective
- renouncement
• contemptuous laughter at someone or something
- burlesque
- gibe
- put-on
- razz
- travesty
• debunk
- debunk
• denigration
- de faming
- de-faming
- defamings
• derogation
- de rogation
- de rogations
- de-rogation
- de-rogations
• detraction
- in justice
- injustice
- muckraking
- pejoratives
- running down
- scandal
- scandalmongering
• disdain
- snobbishnesses
- superbities
• disparagement
- de basement
- de basements
- de gradation
- de gradations
- de-basement
- de-basements
- de-gradation
- de-gradations
- under estimation
- under estimations
- under-estimation
- under-estimations
• disrespect
- irreverence
• irony
- in congruities
- in congruity
- in-congruities
- in-congruity
- sardonicisms
• irreverence
- dis courtesies
- dis courtesy
- dis-courtesies
- dis-courtesy
- sinfulnesses
• jest
- bons mots
- one liner
- oneliner
- rib ticklers
- rib-ticklers
- ribtickler
- ribticklers
• lampoon
- pasquils
• make fun of
- fun
• protest
- complaint
- grievance
- lamentation
- objection
- scold
• raillery
- Asteism
• ridicule
- abasement burlesque
- flippancy
- humiliation
- indignity
- jesting
- sneering
v.
• crucify
- be devil
- be deviled
- be deviling
- be devilled
- be devilling
- be devils
- be-devil
- be-deviled
- be-deviling
- be-devilled
- be-devilling
- be-devils
- ill treat
- tare pieces
- tare to pieces
- tear pieces
- tearing pieces
- tearing to pieces
- tears pieces
- tears to pieces
- tore pieces
- tore to pieces
- torn pieces
- wipe floor with
- wiped floor with
- wiped the floor with
- wipes floor with
- wipes the floor with
- wiping floor with
- wiping the floor with
• cut up
- gave a rough time
- gave rough time
- give rough time
- gives a rough time
- gives rough time
- giving a rough time
- giving rough time
- re probate
- re probated
- re probates
- re probating
- re-probate
- re-probated
- re-probates
- re-probating
• defy
- de feat
- de feats
- de-feat
- de-feats
- dis regarded
- dis regarding
- dis-regarded
- dis-regarding
- flew face of
- flew in face of
- flies face of
- flies in face of
- fly face of
- flying face of
- flying in face of
- hurled defiance at
- hurling defiance at
- hurls defiance at
- made my day
- makes my day
- making my day
- out dare
- out dared
- out dares
- out daring
- out-dare
- out-dared
- out-dares
- out-daring
- outdared
- outdares
- outdaring
- re pulse
- re pulsed
- re pulses
- re pulsing
- re-pulse
- re-pulsed
- re-pulses
- re-pulsing
- sticked fast
- sticks fast
- takes one on
- taking one on
- took one on
- with stand
- with standing
- with stands
- with stood
- with-stand
- with-standing
- with-stands
• deride
- de ride
- de rides
- de riding
- de tract
- de tracts
- de-ride
- de-rides
- de-riding
- de-tract
- de-tracts
- did a number on
- did number on
- didst a number on
- didst number on
- dissed
- disses
- does a number on
- does number on
- doest a number on
- doest number on
- doeth a number on
- doeth number on
- doing a number on
- doing number on
- dost a number on
- dost number on
- doth a number on
- doth number on
- dumping on
- dumps on
- poohpooh
• disgrace
- be smirch
- be smirched
- be smirches
- be smirching
- be-smirch
- be-smirched
- be-smirches
- be-smirching
- de base
- de based
- de basing
- de fame
- de famed
- de fames
- de file
- de filed
- de files
- de filing
- de grade
- de graded
- de grades
- de grading
- de press
- de pressed
- de presses
- de pressing
- de-base
- de-based
- de-basing
- de-fame
- de-famed
- de-fames
- de-file
- de-filed
- de-files
- de-filing
- de-grade
- de-graded
- de-grades
- de-grading
- de-press
- de-pressed
- de-presses
- de-pressing
- dis credit
- dis credited
- dis crediting
- dis credits
- dis favor
- dis favored
- dis favoring
- dis favors
- dis grace
- dis graced
- dis graces
- dis gracing
- dis honor
- dis honored
- dis honoring
- dis honors
- dis respect
- dis respected
- dis respecting
- dis respects
- dis-credit
- dis-credited
- dis-crediting
- dis-credits
- dis-favor
- dis-favored
- dis-favoring
- dis-favors
- dis-grace
- dis-graced
- dis-graces
- dis-gracing
- dis-honor
- dis-honored
- dis-honoring
- dis-honors
- dis-respect
- dis-respected
- dis-respecting
- dis-respects
- gave a black eye
- gave black eye
- gives a black eye
- gives black eye
- giving a black eye
- giving black eye
- re duce
- re duces
- re-duce
- re-duces
- take down peg
- takes down a peg
- takes down peg
- taking down a peg
- taking down peg
- tar feather
- took down a peg
- took down peg
• dismiss
- dis card
- dis carded
- dis carding
- dis cards
- dis missed
- dis missing
- dis-card
- dis-carded
- dis-carding
- dis-cards
- dis-missed
- dis-missing
- kissed off
- kisses off
- kissing off
- laughed away
- laughing away
- laughs away
- laying aside
- re legate
- re legates
- re-legate
- re-legates
- sets aside
• disparage
- be littles
- be-little
- be-littles
- cried down
- cries down
- crying down
- de cried
- de cries
- de cry
- de crying
- de moralize
- de moralized
- de moralizes
- de moralizing
- de-cried
- de-cries
- de-cry
- de-crying
- de-moralize
- de-moralized
- de-moralizes
- de-moralizing
- dis courage
- dis courages
- dis hearten
- dis heartened
- dis heartening
- dis heartens
- dis praise
- dis praised
- dis praises
- dis praising
- dis-courage
- dis-courages
- dis-hearten
- dis-heartened
- dis-heartening
- dis-heartens
- dis-praise
- dis-praised
- dis-praises
- dis-praising
- downcried
- downcries
- downcrying
- puts hooks in
- putting hooks in
- soured grapes
- souring grapes
- sours grapes
- under estimate
- under estimated
- under estimates
- under estimating
- under rate
- under rated
- under rates
- under rating
- under value
- under valued
- under values
- under-estimate
- under-estimated
- under-estimating
- under-rate
- under-rated
- under-rates
- under-rating
- under-value
- under-valued
- under-values
- under-valuing
• flout
- out raged
- out rages
- out raging
- out-rage
- out-raged
- out-rages
- out-raging
- thumbed nose at
- thumbing nose at
- thumbs nose at
• gird
- funned at
- funning at
- funs at
• heckle
- chivies
- dis comfit
- dis comfits
- dis concert
- dis concerted
- dis concerting
- dis concerts
- dis-comfit
- dis-comfits
- dis-concert
- dis-concerted
- dis-concerting
- dis-concerts
- shouted at
- shouting at
- shouts at
• insult
- cut quick
- cut the quick
- cut to quick
- cuts quick
- cuts the quick
- cuts to quick
- cuts to the quick
- cutting quick
- cutting the quick
- cutting to quick
- cutting to the quick
- dis oblige
- dis obliged
- dis obliges
- dis obliging
- dis-oblige
- dis-obliged
- dis-obliges
- dis-obliging
- re vile
- re-vile
- step on one toes
- step on ones toes
- step on toes
- step one toes
- step one's toes
- step ones toes
- step toes
- stepped on one toes
- stepped on one's toes
- stepped on ones toes
- stepped on toes
- stepped one toes
- stepped one's toes
- stepped ones toes
- stepped toes
- stepping on one toes
- stepping on one's toes
- stepping on ones toes
- stepping on toes
- stepping one toes
- stepping one's toes
- stepping ones toes
- stepping toes
- steps on one toes
- steps on one's toes
- steps on ones toes
- steps on toes
- steps one toes
- steps one's toes
- steps ones toes
- steps toes
• jeer
- comebacked
- comebacking
- made a crack
- made crack
- make crack
- makes a crack
- makes crack
- making a crack
- making crack
- poked fun
- pokes fun
• joke
- play clown
- played clown
- played the clown
- played tricks
- playing clown
- playing the clown
- playing tricks
- plays clown
- plays the clown
- plays tricks
- pull one leg
- pull ones leg
- pulled leg
- pulled one leg
- pulled one's leg
- pulled ones leg
- pulling leg
- pulling one leg
- pulling ones leg
- pulls leg
- pulls one leg
- pulls one's leg
- pulls ones leg
• kid around
- gave a hard time
- gave hard time
- give hard time
- gives a hard time
- gives hard time
- giving a hard time
- giving hard time
• lash
- be labor
- be labored
- be laboring
- be labors
- be rate
- be rated
- be rates
- be rating
- be-labor
- be-labored
- be-laboring
- be-labors
- be-rate
- be-rated
- be-rates
- be-rating
- ex probate
- ex probated
- ex probates
- ex probating
- ex-probate
- ex-probated
- ex-probates
- ex-probating
- exprobated
- exprobates
- exprobating
- tare in to
- tare into
- tear in to
- tearing in to
- tearing into
- tears in to
- tears into
- tongue lashed
- tongue lashes
- tongue lashing
- tongue-lashed
- tongue-lashes
- tonguelash
- tonguelashed
- tonguelashes
- tonguelashing
- tore in to
- tore into
- torn in to
- torn into
- up braid
- up braided
- up braids
- up-braid
- up-braided
- up-braiding
- up-braids
• make contemptuous fun of something or someone
- run down
- show up
• make fun of
- made sport of
- making sport of
• mimic
- did like
- didst like
- dittoing
- does like
- doest like
- doeth like
- doing like
- dost like
- doth like
- goes like
- going like
- made like
- panto mime
- panto mimed
- panto mimes
- panto miming
- panto-mime
- panto-mimed
- panto-mimes
- panto-miming
- went like
• mortify
- dis appoint
- dis appointed
- dis appointing
- dis appoints
- dis please
- dis pleased
- dis pleases
- dis pleasing
- dis-appoint
- dis-appointed
- dis-appointing
- dis-appoints
- dis-please
- dis-pleased
- dis-pleases
- dis-pleasing
- gat comeuppance
- gat one comeuppance
- gat one's comeuppance
- gat ones comeuppance
- get one comeuppance
- get ones comeuppance
- gets comeuppance
- gets one comeuppance
- gets one's comeuppance
- gets ones comeuppance
- getting comeuppance
- getting one comeuppance
- getting one's comeuppance
- getting ones comeuppance
- got comeuppance
- got one comeuppance
- got one's comeuppance
- got ones comeuppance
- gotten comeuppance
- gotten one comeuppance
- gotten one's comeuppance
- gotten ones comeuppance
- put shame
- sub due
- sub dues
- sub-due
- sub-dues
- take wind out
- takes the wind out
- takes wind out
- taking the wind out
- taking wind out
- took the wind out
- took wind out
• protest
- complain
- deplore
- detract
- grouch
- lament
- object
- protest
• shame
- discomfit
- malign
- ostracize
- scandalize
- stigmatize
- vilify
Other synonyms:

•

laugh

•

little

•

light

Other relevant words:

• bait

heckle

• banter

• cut up

Reprobated
Reprobating
Vilified
give a rough time
reprobates

• defy

• denigrate

sell short

• derision

• dismiss

• flout

• heckle

• hiss

catcall

• insult

• mimic

satirize

• shame

• snigger

curl one's lip
sniggering

• take off

took off

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• Other relevant words (transitive noun):

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Equivalence
- Noun, singular or mass
  derision.
Independent
- Noun, singular or mass
  fool, joke.
Other Related
- Noun, singular or mass
  laughingstock, mockery, ridiculous.

What are the hypernyms for Ridicule?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Other hypernyms:
derision, jibe, lambaste, mockery, sarcasm, satire, scorn.

What are the hyponyms for Ridicule?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.

hyponyms for ridicule (as nouns)
- communication
  disrespect, discourtesy.

What are the opposite words for ridicule?

Antonyms for the word "ridicule" include words such as praise, commendation, compliment, admiration, respect, and approval. These words convey positive feedback and a sense of appreciation towards someone or something, which is the opposite of ridicule. While ridicule is often used to express disapproval or criticism, antonyms such as these are useful for giving credit where credit is due and recognizing the good in others. Using such words in conversation and writing can help build rapport and positive relationships with those around us.

What are the antonyms for Ridicule?

n.
• contemptuous laughter at someone or something
- admiration
- approval
- commendation
- compliment
- flattery
- love
- praise
- respect
• noun
- applause
v.
• esteem
- Accounted
- Reverencing
- Revering
- Valuing
- are fond of
- art fond of
- be fond of
- being fond of
- esteem
- held dear
- hold dear
- holding dear
- holds dear
- is fond of
- look to
- look up to
- looked to
- looked up to
- looking to
- looking up to
- looks to
- looks up to
- re gards
- re spect
- re spects
- re-gard
- re-spect
- re-spects
- regard highly
- regarded highly
- regarding highly
- regards highly
- think the world of
- think world of
- thinking the world of
- thinking world of
- thinks the world of
- thinks world of
- thought the world of
- thought world of
- was fond of
- wast fond of
- were fond of
- wert fond of
• make contemptuous fun of something or someone
- approve
- be serious
- flatter
• noun
- admire
- adore
- applaud
- congratulate
- deify
- enjoy
- extol
- felicitate
- glorify
- recognize
- revere
- reverence
- venerate

Usage examples for Ridicule

Am I not exposing myself to the ridicule of all Jerusalem?

"The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I"

Marcus Dods

Letters were found in his possession, and subsequently published in Bluntschli's official report, which show that some of Weitling's correspondents regarded his scheme with horror, and others treated it with ridicule.

"Contemporary Socialism"

John Rae

Another story relates that summer boarders near Frying Pan Post Office thought such a lowly name would cause ridicule among their city friends.

"Frying Pan Farm"

Elizabeth Brown Pryor

Famous quotes with Ridicule

Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth's sake, and so earn some right to rejoice when the victory is won.

Louisa May Alcott
The truth of our faith becomes a matter of ridicule among the infidels if any Catholic, not gifted with the necessary scientific learning, presents as dogma what scientific scrutiny shows to be false.

Thomas Aquinas
I'm a geophysicist and all my earth science books when I was a student, I had to give the wrong answer to get an A. We used to ridicule continental drift. It was something we laughed at. We learned of Marshall Kay's geosynclinal cycle, which is a bunch of crap.

Robert Ballard
When did it something of shame or ridicule to be a self-made man in America?

Glenn Beck
The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. Some see nature all ridicule and deformity... and some scarce see nature at all. But to the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself.

William Blake

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