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plural of ridicule
as in disdains
the making of unkind jokes as a way of showing one's scorn for someone or something the early efforts by the suffragists to obtain voting rights for women were met with ridicule

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ridicules

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verb

present tense third-person singular of ridicule

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Recent Examples of ridicules
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Wednesday ridicules Pugsley for making a zombie. Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ridicules
mocks
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  • This is why Dijon’s language works best as sound, not narrative—his rangy, raspy voice seethes and triumphs, mocks and threatens; there’s no world in which his polygonal perspective can be discerned from a lyric sheet.
    Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2025
  • After being told that Dawn is dead, Gaal mocks Demerzel for pretending to grieve, which angers the robot.
    Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2025

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“Ridicules.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ridicules. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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