ridicule

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate (Freq. 2)
• Derivationally related forms:
ridiculous
• Hypernyms:
disrespect, discourtesy
2. the act of deriding or treating with contempt
• Syn:
derision
• Derivationally related forms:
ridiculous, deride (for: derision)
• Hypernyms:
discourtesy, offense, offence, offensive activity
• Hyponyms:
mock

II - verb

subject to laughter or ridicule (Freq. 3)
- The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house
- The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher
- His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday
• Syn:
roast, guy, blackguard, laugh at, jest at,
rib, make fun, poke fun
• Derivationally related forms:
rib (for: rib), ribbing (for: rib), roast (for: roast), ridiculer
• Hypernyms:
mock, bemock
• Hyponyms:
tease, satirize, satirise, lampoon, debunk,
expose, stultify
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s something PP (for: poke fun)
- Somebody ----s PP (for: poke fun)
- Somebody ----s something PP (for: make fun)
- Somebody ----s PP (for: make fun)

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  derision, roast, guy, blackguard, laugh at, jest at, rib, make fun, poke fun