ridicule

Plural: ridicules

Noun

language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate
the act of deriding or treating with contempt
Derision; mocking or humiliating words or behavior.
An object of sport or laughter; a laughing stock.
The quality of being ridiculous; ridiculousness.
A small woman's handbag; a reticule.

Verb

Verb Forms: ridiculed, ridiculing, ridicules

To mock or make fun of someone or something.
subject to laughter or ridicule
- "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"
To criticize or disapprove of someone or something through scornful jocularity; to make fun of.

Adj

ridiculous

Examples

His older sibling constantly ridiculed him with sarcastic remarks.
Never ridicule an opponent’s short word; it might be set up for a massive triple-word play.

Origin / Etymology

The obsolete adjective is borrowed from French ridicule, from Latin rīdiculus (“laughable, comical, amusing, absurd, ridiculous”), from ridere (“to laugh”).
The noun is either from French, noun use of adjective, or from Latin rīdiculum, noun use of neuter of rīdiculus.
The verb is from the noun or else from French ridiculer, from ridicule.

Synonyms

blackguard, derision, guy, jest at, laugh at, make fun, poke fun, rib, roast, katagelasticism, mockery, outlaugh, ridicule, scoff

Scrabble Score: 11

ridicule: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
ridicule: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
ridicule: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

ridicule: valid Words With Friends Word