ridicule

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

ridi·cule [ridicule ridicules ridiculed ridiculing] noun, verb BrE [ˈrɪdɪkjuːl] NAmE [ˈrɪdɪkjuːl]
noun uncountable
unkind comments that make fun of sb/sth or make them look silly
Syn: ↑mockery
•She is an object of ridicule in the tabloid newspapers.
•to hold sb up to ridicule (= make fun of sb publicly)

Word Origin:
late 17th cent.: from French, or from Latin ridiculum, neuter (used as a noun) of ridiculus ‘laughable’, from ridere ‘to laugh’.

Example Bank:
•The president was becoming an object of ridicule.
•He did not want to be identified, fearing the ridicule of his friends.
•She might find herself exposed to public ridicule.
•She soon became an object of ridicule.

 
verb ~ sb/sth
to make sb/sth look silly by laughing at them or it in an unkind way
Syn: make fun of
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
late 17th cent.: from French, or from Latin ridiculum, neuter (used as a noun) of ridiculus ‘laughable’, from ridere ‘to laugh’.

Example Bank:
•She was mercilessly ridiculed in the press for suggesting this.
•They ridicule the president as a man who has lost control of events.
•At first, his theory was ridiculed and dismissed.
•She suspected him of trying to ridicule her.

 

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