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ridiculing — index cynical, disdainful Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
Ridiculing — Ridicule Rid i*cule, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ridiculed};p. pr. & vb. n. {Ridiculing}.] To laugh at mockingly or disparagingly; to awaken ridicule toward or respecting. [1913 Webster] I ve known the young, who ridiculed his rage. Goldsmith. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ridiculing — Synonyms and related words: abusive, aweless, back biting, bantering, belittling, bitchy, blackening, blameful, booing, calumniatory, calumnious, catcalling, catty, censorious, chaffing, condemnatory, contemptuous, contumelious, damnatory,… … Moby Thesaurus
ridiculing — rid·i·cule || rɪdɪkjuËl n. mockery, derision, scorn v. scorn, mock, deride, tease … English contemporary dictionary
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ridicule — [rid′i kyo͞ol΄] n. [Fr < L ridiculum, a jest, laughable (thing), neut. of ridiculus, laughable, comical < ridere, to laugh < IE * wrizd , to avert the face (> Sans vrīda, embarrassment) < base * wer , to turn] 1. a) the act of… … English World dictionary
sarcastic — adjective Date: 1695 1. having the character of sarcasm < sarcastic criticism > 2. given to the use of sarcasm ; caustic < a sarcastic critic > • sarcastically adverb Synonyms: sarcastic, satiric … New Collegiate Dictionary
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