ridicule
noun
speech or action intended to cause contemptuous laughter at a person or thing; derision.
is ridiculing
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present progressiveof ridicule (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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But no one is ridiculing the wisdom of employing Richard Halsall as their fielding coach at the moment.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 5, 2010
It's unclear what exactly Franken is ridiculing in this political satire, but the results are certainly funny.
From Time Magazine Archive
Persons who have the management of elephants have often observed that they know very well when any one is ridiculing them, and that they very often revenge themselves when they have an opportunity.
From A Hundred Anecdotes of Animals by Percy J. Billinghurst
I need not carry the conversation on any farther to show that Cicero is ridiculing the whole thing.
From The Life of Cicero Volume II. by Anthony Trollope
There he is parodying the ingenious follies of early logic; in the Cratylus he is ridiculing the fancies of a new school of sophists and grammarians.
From Cratylus by Benjamin Jowett
