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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Ridicule \Rid"i*cule\, n. [F. ridicule, L. ridiculum a jest, fr. ridiculus. See {Ridiculous}.] 1. An object of sport or laughter; a laughingstock; a laughing matter. [1913 Webster] [Marlborough] was so miserably ignorant, that his deficiencies made him the ridicule of his contemporaries. --Buckle. [1913 Webster] To the people . . . but a trifle, to the king but a ridicule. --Foxe. [1913 Webster] 2. 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. [1913 Webster] We have in great measure restricted the meaning of ridicule, which would properly extend over whole region of the ridiculous, -- the laughable, -- and we have narrowed it so that in common usage it mostly corresponds to "derision", which does indeed involve personal and offensive feelings. --Hare. [1913 Webster] Safe from the bar, the pulpit, and the throne, Yet touched and shamed by ridicule alone. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 3. Quality of being ridiculous; ridiculousness. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] To see the ridicule of this practice. --Addison. [1913 Webster] Syn: Derision; banter; raillery; burlesque; mockery; irony; satire; sarcasm; gibe; jeer; sneer; ribbing. Usage: {Ridicule}, {Derision}, {mockery}, {ribbing}: All four words imply disapprobation; but ridicule and mockery may signify either good-natured opposition without manifest malice, or more maliciously, an attempt to humiliate. Derision is commonly bitter and scornful, and sometimes malignant. {ribbing} is almost always good-natured and fun-loving. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Ridicule \Rid"i*cule\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ridiculed};p. pr. & vb. n. {Ridiculing}.] To laugh at mockingly or disparagingly; to awaken ridicule toward or respecting. [1913 Webster] I 've known the young, who ridiculed his rage. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster] Syn: To deride; banter; rally; burlesque; mock; satirize; lampoon. See {Deride}. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Ridicule \Rid"i*cule\, a. [F.] Ridiculous. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] This action . . . became so ridicule. --Aubrey. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: ridicule n 1: language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate 2: the act of deriding or treating with contempt [syn: {derision}, {ridicule}] v 1: subject to laughter or ridicule; "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: {ridicule}, {roast}, {guy}, {blackguard}, {laugh at}, {jest at}, {rib}, {make fun}, {poke fun}] From French-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.4 [fd-fra-eng]: ridicule /ʀidikyl/ ridiculous