ridicule

Definition

To criticize or disapprove of someone or something through scornful jocularity; to make fun of.

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.

Example Sentences

• "His older sibling constantly ridiculed him with sarcastic remarks."