Ridicule

Verb

 * 1)  to criticize or disapprove of someone or something through scornful jocularity; to make fun of
 * His older sibling constantly ridiculed him with sarcastic remarks.

Noun

 * 1) derision; mocking or humiliating words or behaviour

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:ridicule

Related terms

 * deride
 * derision
 * ridiculous
 * ridiculosity

Thesaurus
airs, arrogance, badinage, banter, barrack, be above, be contemptuous of, be disrespectful, be merry with, be overfamiliar with, brashness, brassiness, brazenfacedness, brazenness, burlesque, care nothing for, caricature, chaff, cheekiness, clannishness, cliquishness, cockiness, contemn, contempt, contemptuousness, contumely, crack a joke, crack wise, dare, denigrate, denigration, deprecate, deprecation, depreciate, depreciation, deride, deriding, derision, despise, despite, discommend, discommendation, discourtesy, disdain, disdainfulness, disesteem, dishonor, disparage, disparagement, dispraise, disprize, disrespect, disrespectfulness, disvaluation, disvalue, dump on, exchange, exclusiveness, face of brass, feel contempt for, feel superior to, fleer at, flippancy, flout, fooling, fooling around, freshness, fun, get fresh, get smart, gibe, gibe at, gibing, give-and-take, good-natured banter, grin at, guy, harmless teasing, hauteur, have a nerve, have the cheek, have the gall, haze, hold beneath one, hold cheap, hold in contempt, hold in derision, impertinence, impudence, insolence, insult, irreverence, jape, jeer, jeer at, jeering, jest, jibe, jive, joke, josh, joshing, kid, kid around, kidding, kidding around, lack of respect, lampoon, laugh at, laugh to scorn, look down upon, lout, make a funny, make bold, make free with, make fun, make fun of, make game of, make merry with, mimic, misprize, mock, mockery, mocking, not respect, pan, parody, persiflage, pillory, play on words, pleasantry, point at, poke fun at, presume, pun, put down, put one on, quip, quiz, rag, raillery, rally, rallying, rank low, razz, razzing, rib, ribbing, ride, roast, rudeness, scintillate, scoff, scoff at, scorn, scornfulness, scout, send up, set at naught, show disrespect for, smile at, sneer, sneer at, sneeze at, snicker at, sniff at, sniffiness, snigger at, snobbishness, snootiness, snort at, snottiness, sovereign contempt, sparkle, sport, superciliousness, take a liberty, take liberties, take liberties with, taunt, taunting, tease, think nothing of, toploftiness, travesty, treat with disrespect, trifle with, twit, utter a mot, wisecrack

Etymology
< ridiculus: < ridere:.

Verb

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Estonian: naeruvääristama, pilkama
 * Finnish: tehdä naurunalaiseksi, ivata
 * Italian:
 * Lithuanian: šaipytis


 * Romanian: a batjocori, a ridiculiza
 * Russian: высмеивать, высмеять , насмехаться
 * Vietnamese:, ,

Noun

 * Armenian:
 * Czech:


 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian: derisione
 * Russian: насмешка

Adjective

 * 1) ridiculous all meanings

Adverb

 * 1) laughably, amusingly
 * 2) absurdly, ridiculously

Etymology
From ridiculus:, from rideo:.

Synonyms

 * perrīdiculē