ridicule
noun
speech or action intended to cause contemptuous laughter at a person or thing; derision.
has ridiculed
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present perfectof ridicule (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Donald Trump has ridiculed Denmark's defence of Greenland as amounting to "two dogsleds", but the Sirius Dogsled Patrol is no joke: the elite navy unit works in extreme conditions where only the toughest survive.
From Barron's ● Jan. 28, 2026
Barkley has ridiculed Davis for being injury prone in the past.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2023
New Justice Minister Éric Dupond-Moretti is a lawyer who has defended a government member accused of rape and sexual assault, and has ridiculed women speaking out thanks to the #MeToo movement.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 10, 2020
But more recently on his feed he has ridiculed the media for running with the suggestion, and states directly that he had been joking.
From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2016
Shakspeare has ridiculed it in many places with exquisite humor; but he wished to show us that it has its serious as well as its comic aspect.
From Characteristics of Women Moral, Poetical, and Historical by Mrs. (Anna) Jameson
