ridicule
noun
speech or action intended to cause contemptuous laughter at a person or thing; derision.
ridiculing
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present participleof ridicule.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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"For example, a tweet being shared to allege homophobia on my part was actually ridiculing homophobia," he said.
From BBC ● Dec. 28, 2025
At a demonstration outside the Parliament building in the Bulgarian capital, a giant screen looped videos and memes ridiculing politicians.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025
To say there even is such a thing reduces a wildly diverse group into a trite narrative that I’ve spent my career trying to debunk, when not ridiculing it altogether.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2024
Both Daniels and Trump, who is the actual defendant, come out of these exchanges sounding like schoolchildren ridiculing each other.
From Slate ● May 10, 2024
It wasn’t a ridiculing laugh; it was a happy laugh at a good joke.
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
