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Meaning of ridicule

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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}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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