ridicule
noun
speech or action intended to cause contemptuous laughter at a person or thing; derision.
ridiculed
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past participleof ridicule.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof ridicule.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
ridiculenounspeech or action intended to cause contemptuous laughter at a person or thing; derision.
Example Sentences
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Even after he left active service and became a successful musician, he was ostracised and ridiculed by his peers.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
She ridiculed Lee's latest overture, calling it "the climax of the farce that everyone should watch" and said the military's demand her country apologise was "quite ridiculous."
From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026
As I moved from darkened room to darkened room, ridiculed in one, flirted with in another, a thread of finding one’s own personal paradise in a hellscape began to emerge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
Then-Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg even made it a point to ride his bike to work, a choice that Trump ridiculed.
From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2026
This sign of respect in America and Europe, this symbol of heritage and lineage, would be ridiculed in India.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
