Ridicule - Definition
ridicule
n 1: language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate
2: the act of deriding or treating with contempt [syn:
derision, ridicule]
v 1: subject to laughter or ridicule; "The satirists ridiculed
the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun
at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted
the professor at his 60th birthday" [syn: ridicule,
roast, guy, blackguard, laugh at, jest at, rib,
make fun, poke fun]