RIDICULE
\ɹˈɪdɪkjˌuːl], \ɹˈɪdɪkjˌuːl], \ɹ_ˈɪ_d_ɪ_k_j_ˌuː_l]\
Definitions of RIDICULE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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An object of sport or laughter; a laughingstock; a laughing matter.
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Quality of being ridiculous; ridiculousness.
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To laugh at mockingly or disparagingly; to awaken ridicule toward or respecting.
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Ridiculous.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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An object of sport or laughter; a laughingstock; a laughing matter.
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Quality of being ridiculous; ridiculousness.
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To laugh at mockingly or disparagingly; to awaken ridicule toward or respecting.
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Ridiculous.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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Words, looks, or acts intended to cause contemptuous laughter; sarcasm; mockery; satire.
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To treat or adress with mockery; make fun of, laugh at with contempt.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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