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   Ridicule , n. [F. ridicule, L. ridiculum a jest, fr. ridiculus. See Ridiculous.]
    An object of sport or laughter; a laughingstock; a laughing matter.
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   [Marlborough] was so miserably ignorant, that his deficiencies made him the ridicule of his contemporaries.
   Buckle.
   
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   To the people . . . but a trifle, to the king but a ridicule.
   Foxe.
   
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   Remarks concerning a subject or a person designed to excite laughter with a degree of contempt; wit of that species which provokes contemptuous laughter; disparagement by making a person an object of laughter; banter; -- a term lighter than derision.
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   We have in great measure restricted the meaning of ridicule, which would properly extend over whole region of the ridiculous, -- the laughable, -- and we have narrowed it so that in common usage it mostly corresponds to “derision”, which does indeed involve personal and offensive feelings.
   Hare.
   
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   Safe from the bar, the pulpit, and the throne,
   Yet touched and shamed by ridicule alone.
   Pope.
   
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   Quality of being ridiculous; ridiculousness. [Obs.]
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   To see the ridicule of this practice.
   Addison.
   
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   Syn. -- Derision; banter; raillery; burlesque; mockery; irony; satire; sarcasm; gibe; jeer; sneer; ribbing.  -- Ridicule, Derision, mockery, ribbing: All four words imply disapprobation; but ridicule and mockery may signify either good-natured opposition without manifest malice, or more maliciously, an attempt to humiliate. Derision is commonly bitter and scornful, and sometimes malignant. ribbing is almost always good-natured and fun-loving.
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   Ridicule, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ridiculed ;p. pr. & vb. n. Ridiculing.] To laugh at mockingly or disparagingly; to awaken ridicule toward or respecting.
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   I 've known the young, who ridiculed his rage.
   Goldsmith.
   
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   Syn. -- To deride; banter; rally; burlesque; mock; satirize; lampoon. See Deride.
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   Ridicule , a. [F.] Ridiculous. [Obs.]
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   This action . . . became so ridicule.
   Aubrey.
   
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