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ridicule v. [
roast, guy, blackguard, laugh at, jest at, rib, make fun, poke fun] 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"
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ridicule n. language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate
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ridicule n. [
derision] the act of deriding or treating with contempt
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