ridicule

Etymology 1
The obsolete adjective is borrowed from, from , from.

The noun is either from French, noun use of adjective, or from, noun use of neuter of.

The verb is from the noun or else from, from.

Verb

 * 1)  to criticize or disapprove of someone or something through scornful jocularity; to make fun of

Translations

 * Arabic: تَهَكَّمَ, سَخِرَ
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: высме́йваць, вы́смеяць, выкпіва́ць, вы́кпіць, высмяха́цца, кпіць
 * Bulgarian:, осме́я, присми́вам се, присме́я се
 * Burmese:
 * Cherokee: ᎠᏙᏥᏗᎭ
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: latterliggøre, gøre nar af
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: ridindigi, moki
 * Estonian: naeruvääristama, pilkama
 * Finnish: tehdä naurunalaiseksi, ,
 * French:, ,
 * German:
 * Gothic: 𐌱𐌹𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌽, 𐌱𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: διασύρω, μωκάομαι
 * Hungarian:, , tréfát űz
 * Ingrian: pilkata
 * Irish:
 * Old Irish: con·tib
 * Italian: ridicolizzare
 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean: ,
 * Lithuanian: šaipytis
 * Macedonian: исмејува
 * Malay: memperlekeh
 * Malayalam:
 * Maori: tāwai, whakahahani, taunu, whakamanumanu
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: latterliggjøre
 * Ottoman Turkish: گولمك
 * Persian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian: висмі́ювати, ви́сміяти,
 * Vietnamese:, ,
 * Zazaki: delğa kerden

Noun

 * 1) derision; mocking or humiliating words or behaviour.
 * 2) An object of sport or laughter; a laughing stock.
 * 3) The quality of being ridiculous; ridiculousness.
 * 1) The quality of being ridiculous; ridiculousness.
 * 1) The quality of being ridiculous; ridiculousness.
 * 1) The quality of being ridiculous; ridiculousness.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:ridicule

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: rişxənd
 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: latterliggørelse
 * Esperanto: mokado
 * Finnish:, , , ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: κατάγελως
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Ingrian: pilkka
 * Irish:
 * Old Irish: cuitbiud
 * Italian:
 * Malayalam:
 * Persian:
 * Russian:
 * Sanskrit:

Adjective

 * 1)  ridiculous
 * 2) * late 17th century,, Brief Lives
 * This action became so ridicule.

Etymology 2
From, probably jocular alteration of.

Noun

 * 1)  A small woman's handbag; a reticule.

Etymology
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Adjective

 * 1) ridiculous all meanings

Noun

 * 1) ridicule; absurd

Etymology
From, from.

Adverb

 * 1) laughably, amusingly
 * 2) absurdly, ridiculously