self-ridicule
- a word derived from ridicule.
Example Sentences
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The members had their laughing allusions, and talked—in a strain of self-ridicule precisely similar to Coverdale's—of having bands of music to play for the field-laborers, who should plough in tune.
From A Study of Hawthorne by Lathrop, George Parsons
The very maturity of age, which should have so far removed her from the romance of love, embittered her grief by a sense of self-ridicule.
From Mabel's Mistake by Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)
He strove to shake himself into a different mood by self-ridicule.
From Claire The Blind Love of a Blind Hero, By a Blind Author by Blades, Leslie Burton
He thanked her courteously, recovering his composure with a smile that was not without self-ridicule, and in a moment they were talking again upon impersonal matters.
From Greatheart by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)
He tried to raise his voice to call her, and then realized with a start of self-ridicule that it had failed him.
From Charles Rex by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)
