ridiculing
讥讽,讥讽的,嘲讽,嘲弄
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Definitions
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- : speech or action intended to cause contemptuous laughter at a person or thing; derision.
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rid·i·culed, rid·i·cul·ing.
- : to deride; make fun of.
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Examples
This proposition Heller takes considerable pleasure in ridiculing.
Newt Gingrich has been scoring points ridiculing the idea of algae as a fuel of the future.
Robert De Niro even got it, subtly ridiculing his career and his lifetime achievement trophy at the same awards show.
It was hard to hear you ridiculing an affair that occupies my serious thoughts.
In 1828 Mme. d'Espard tried to have a guardian appointed for her husband by ridiculing the noble conduct of the marquis.
The Emperor's praises were particularly gratifying, because he had a way of ridiculing any detail of dress that he did not like.
Report comes to him that some of his pupils have been guilty of insulting and ridiculing an aged and infirm person.
She had punished him for his jealousy, she had taken her part in mildly ridiculing him.