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
And while that move was ridiculed across baseball at the time, another decision Turner made — far more consequential but no less revolutionary — put his franchise on a trajectory to become one of the most popular in the sport.
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Andrew Greif, NBC news, 6 May 2026
On Thursday, though, Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf – who is leading negotiations for Tehran and has emerged as the key voice of the Iranian government – ridiculed the notion of blockading Iran, pointing to the country’s extensive land and maritime borders.
—Nic Robertson, CNN Money, 1 May 2026
DeSantis has ridiculed Jeffries’ threat, including on Thursday.
—Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 1 May 2026
He’s ostracized, bullied, ridiculed, beaten.
—Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
The subject of this engaging biography is the eighteenth-and-nineteenth-century naturalist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, who is often ridiculed as a faulty precursor to Darwin.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
Though initially dismissed and even ridiculed, Mitchell went on to win the 1978 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his idea that a current of protons constantly flows into the cell as the cell vigorously pumps them back out, and that this is the driving force behind key cellular processes.
—Quanta Magazine, 20 Apr. 2026
Instead, we are ridiculed and pitied globally.
—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
Andrew Greif, NBC news, 6 May 2026
On Thursday, though, Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf – who is leading negotiations for Tehran and has emerged as the key voice of the Iranian government – ridiculed the notion of blockading Iran, pointing to the country’s extensive land and maritime borders.
—Nic Robertson, CNN Money, 1 May 2026
DeSantis has ridiculed Jeffries’ threat, including on Thursday.
—Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 1 May 2026
He’s ostracized, bullied, ridiculed, beaten.
—Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
The subject of this engaging biography is the eighteenth-and-nineteenth-century naturalist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, who is often ridiculed as a faulty precursor to Darwin.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
Though initially dismissed and even ridiculed, Mitchell went on to win the 1978 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his idea that a current of protons constantly flows into the cell as the cell vigorously pumps them back out, and that this is the driving force behind key cellular processes.
—Quanta Magazine, 20 Apr. 2026
Instead, we are ridiculed and pitied globally.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ridiculed
mocked
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Strickland then mocked Chimaev for refusing to fight in the parking lot.—
Alejandro Avila OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
8 May 2026
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The burger became a viral sensation after Kempczinski posted a video of himself taking a nibble from one and was mocked for his tentative bite.—
Dee-Ann Durbin,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2026
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“Ridiculed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ridiculed. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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