ridicule
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Is ridicule a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of ridicule?
Definition
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To criticize or disapprove of someone or something through scornful jocularity; to make fun of.Examples: "His older sibling constantly ridiculed him with sarcastic remarks."Synonyms: outlaughtransitive
adj (English)
1. (obsolete) ridiculousExamples: "late 17th century, John Aubrey, Brief Lives This action […] became so ridicule."obsolete
noun (English)
1. (now historical and regional) A small woman's handbag; a reticule.Examples: "[…] while paying her own compliments to Mrs. Bates, and appearing to attend to the good old lady’s replies, she saw her with a sort of anxious parade of mystery fold up a letter which she had apparently been reading aloud to Miss Fairfax, and return it into the purple and gold ridicule by her side, […]"; "I hastily drew my empty hand from my Ridicule."; "“Tills be blowed!” said Mr. Claypole; “there’s more things besides tills to be emptied.” “What do you mean?” asked his companion. “Pockets, women’s ridicules, houses, mailcoaches, banks,” said Mr. Claypole, rising with the porter."historicalregional
Definition source: Wiktionary