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# ridicule

«ridicule» in Mova's school dictionary: **unkind laughing at someone or something to make them look…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (ridicule — uncountable); verb (ridicule, ridicules, ridiculed, ridiculing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Ridicule is unkind laughing at someone or something to make them look silly or stupid. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ridicule/#m1)

2) To ridicule someone is to make fun of them in a cruel or mocking way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ridicule/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In ethics and anti-bullying lessons, ridicule is a form of bullying that hurts feelings and stops people from trying. In stories, inventors and dreamers are ridiculed at first and later proved right. Phrases: «face ridicule», «hold up to ridicule», «an object of ridicule», «be ridiculed for».

### examples

- The other children ridiculed him for his old shoes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ridicule/#x1)
- She faced ridicule but never gave up her dream. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ridicule/#x2)
- The inventor's idea was met with ridicule, but it worked. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ridicule/#x3)
- Ridicule can hurt more than a push. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ridicule/#x4)
- Don't ridicule someone for making a mistake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ridicule/#x5)
- His silly hat made him an object of ridicule. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ridicule/#x6)
- THE OLIVE-TREE ridiculed the Fig-Tree because, while she was green all the year round, the Fig-Tree changed its leaves with the seasons. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ridicule/#x7)

### note

Uncountable as a noun. Adjective «ridiculous» (silly, laughable). Stress: RID-i-cule. Spelling: ridicule, not «redicule». Making fun of someone to hurt them is bullying.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ridicule» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ridicule/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.