Word Definition

Ridicule

  1. To laugh at mockingly or disparagingly; to awaken ridicule toward or respecting.
  2. An object of sport or laughter; a laughingstock; a laughing matter.
  3. Remarks concerning a subject or a person designed to excite laughter with a degree of contempt; wit of that species which provokes contemptuous laughter; disparagement by making a person an object of laughter; banter; -- a term lighter than derision.
  4. Quality of being ridiculous; ridiculousness.
  5. Ridiculous.