as in mocked
to make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter
the term "big bang theory" was originally coined to ridicule the belief that the universe was created by a giant explosion
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Recent Examples of ridiculed
Instead, we are ridiculed and pitied globally.
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Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 11 Apr. 2026
The 2017 Kusama show was also ridiculed in some corners.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 9 Apr. 2026
It was ridiculed in many quarters for doing so.
—Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2026
Bondi was ridiculed over a move to hand out binders of Epstein files to conservative influencers at the White House, only for it to be later revealed that the documents included no new revelations.
—Arkansas Online, 3 Apr. 2026
Bondi was ridiculed over a move to hand out binders of Epstein files to conservative influencers at the White House only for it to be later revealed that the documents included no new revelations.
—Michelle L. Price, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2026
It was ridiculed as the Broncos sat pretty in free agency and signed back most of the pieces of their 2025 corps to short-term deals.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 28 Mar. 2026
The move was ridiculed by rival Anthropic, which made OpenAI’s ad push the focus of its first Super Bowl campaign.
—Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 26 Mar. 2026
The deputies, in their testimony, said the songs ridiculed them.
—CBS News, 19 Mar. 2026
Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 11 Apr. 2026
The 2017 Kusama show was also ridiculed in some corners.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 9 Apr. 2026
It was ridiculed in many quarters for doing so.
—Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2026
Bondi was ridiculed over a move to hand out binders of Epstein files to conservative influencers at the White House, only for it to be later revealed that the documents included no new revelations.
—Arkansas Online, 3 Apr. 2026
Bondi was ridiculed over a move to hand out binders of Epstein files to conservative influencers at the White House only for it to be later revealed that the documents included no new revelations.
—Michelle L. Price, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2026
It was ridiculed as the Broncos sat pretty in free agency and signed back most of the pieces of their 2025 corps to short-term deals.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 28 Mar. 2026
The move was ridiculed by rival Anthropic, which made OpenAI’s ad push the focus of its first Super Bowl campaign.
—Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 26 Mar. 2026
The deputies, in their testimony, said the songs ridiculed them.
—CBS News, 19 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ridiculed
mocked
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Szépvölgyi mocked the prime minister, who is 62, for seeming unsteady when boos erupted at one of his recent rallies.—
Isaac Stanley-Becker,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2026
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There, a drag performer mocked the country’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum.—
Michael O'Boyle,
Bloomberg,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Ridiculed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ridiculed. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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