ridiculing Definition

ridicule
noun

1. Language, laughter, behaviour, etc intended to make someone or something appear foolish or humiliated; mockery or derision.

Thesaurus: sarcasm, satire, scorn, taunting, derision, jeering, mockery, raillery; Antonym: praise, admiration.

verb

ridiculed, ridiculing
1. To laugh at someone or something; to make fun of them or mock them.

Thesaurus: mock, lampoon, send up, satirize, caricature, humiliate, parody, rib, taunt, deride, crucify, jeer, mock; Antonym: praise, respect.

Derivative: ridiculer
noun

Idiom: hold someone or something up to ridicule

To subject or expose them or it to mockery or derision.

Etymology: 17c: French, from Latin ridiculus laughable, from ridere to laugh.