ridicule
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate
Types & categories
- discourtesy hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
subject to laughter or ridicule
The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
the act of deriding or treating with contempt
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- ridicule derivation
- deride derivation
- ridiculous derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | ridicule |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | farcical |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | discourtesy |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | teasing |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | derision |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | knock |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ridicule |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | rib |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | satirist |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | mock |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | tease |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | lampoon |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | debunk |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | stultify |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | ridicule |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | deride |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | ridiculous |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | offense |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | mock |