ridicule
noun
speech or action intended to cause contemptuous laughter at a person or thing; derision.
self-ridicule
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a word derived from
ridicule.
Example Sentences
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He takes his clothes off the chair and dresses himself, keeping up a jeering comment of self-ridicule, as he puts on each shabby article of attire.
From Mated from the Morgue A tale of the Second Empire by John Augustus O'Shea
Her self-ridicule at the absurdity of her mistake regarding Dr. Rogers' pretty nurse had had a salutary effect.
From The Window-Gazer by Isabel Ecclestone Mackay
"Of course all three of us entertained vast schemes for the future," Veit continued, with good-humoured self-ridicule.
From The Alpine Fay A Romance by Elisabeth Buerstenbinder (AKA E. Werner)
The artist collapsed upon the bundle; astonishment, anger, and self-ridicule made an emotion too strong to stand under.
From Ghetto Comedies by Israel Zangwill
Then with a rush of self-ridicule she recognized Piers Evesham.
From The Bars of Iron by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell
