ridiculing in English

verb

1

subject (someone or something) to contemptuous and dismissive language or behavior.

his theory was ridiculed and dismissed

synonyms: deride, mock, laugh at, heap scorn on/upon, jeer at, jibe at, sneer at, treat with contempt, scorn, make fun of, poke fun at, scoff at, satirize, lampoon, burlesque, caricature, parody, tease, taunt, chaff, kid, rib, josh, razz

verb

• deride, mock, laugh at, heap scorn on/upon, jeer at, jibe at, sneer at, treat with contempt, scorn, make fun of, poke fun at, scoff at, satirize, lampoon, burlesque, caricature, parody, tease, taunt, chaff, kid, rib, josh, razz
• blackguard, poke fun, guy, rib, roast, laugh at, make fun

Use "ridiculing" in a sentence

1. With the crowd ridiculing him, Hoffmann realizes he loved an automaton.

2. 20 Avoid insulting or ridiculing teenagers' efforts to be differ-ent.

3. 28 You're not really ridiculing the anger I experience at your flippant pseudo-feminist attitude.

4. They held their Jewish captives in contempt, ridiculing their worship and offering no hope of a return to their beloved homeland.

5. Orthodox theology students and their professors called the rendering “a ridiculing of the nation’s most valuable relics,” a desecration of Holy Writ.

6. He took on the Harvard economics department with "A Tenured Professor, " ridiculing, among others, a certain outspoken character who bore no small resemblance to himself.

7. The case for free trade has been made primarily by Cretinous conservative politicians and pundits, who seldom resist ridiculing earnest youngsters looking for a better world

8. Likewise, put-down humor can at times be an adaptive, healthy response: Employees suffering under a vindictive boss will often make the office more bearable by secretly ridiculing their tyrant.