ridicule
noun
speech or action intended to cause contemptuous laughter at a person or thing; derision.
ridicules
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present tense formof ridicule (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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The premise is simple — Scorsese, perfectionist filmmaker, mercilessly ridicules the photos he took of his nephew’s birthday party — but it’s his deadpan performance that really sells the joke.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2025
When Harris doubts or ridicules his stature, his wealth, the size of his crowds, or whatever, he feels compelled to fight back and restore his eminent centrality at once.
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2024
Reclaiming Native Truth also ridicules the tendency to treat Native peoples as dinosaurs – some species that once roamed the Earth, but no longer lives in the modern world.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2023
She ridicules his choice of music — we’ll come back to that — and pleads with him to consider exploring older, more canonical figures.
From New York Times ● Jan. 2, 2023
He doesn’t take their money and usually doesn’t shove them, but he ridicules them.
From "Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish" by Pablo Cartaya
