ridicule
noun
speech or action intended to cause contemptuous laughter at a person or thing; derision.
have ridiculed
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present perfectof ridicule.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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Valdez has asserted his innocence although others, including Stevenson, have ridiculed him for the positive test result.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 28, 2022
While appealing to a certain segment of fans, especially online, others have ridiculed it and claimed it has nothing to do with Seattle or the Northwest.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 29, 2020
Some have ridiculed Unilever over the case, and Tetrick said his company in the process of filing a motion to dismiss the lawsuit, which was filed in New Jersey.
From Forbes ● Dec. 18, 2014
However, opposition fans have ridiculed Chelsea's Fernando Torres as a "waste of money", with the 29-year-old struggling to replicate the same goals-to-games ratio of his Liverpool career.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2013
So that to those who have ridiculed the story we may justly say: "There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamed of in your philosophy."
From The Seven Follies of Science [2nd ed.] A popular account of the most famous scientific impossibilities and the attempts which have been made to solve them. by John Phin
