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What (who) is ridicule - definition
1996 FILM BY PATRICE LECONTE
Ridicule (movie)
Ridicule
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ACT OF INSULTING OR MAKING LIGHT, OFTEN USING CARICATURE
Derisive; Make fun of; Mocking; Draft:Mockery; Derision; Making fun of; Scoffing; Ridicule; Derisiveness; Draft:Scoffer
·adj Ridiculous.
II. Ridicule ·noun Quality of being ridiculous; ridiculousness.
III. Ridicule ·noun An object of sport or laughter; a laughingstock; a laughing matter.
IV. Ridicule ·vt To laugh at mockingly or disparagingly; to awaken ridicule toward or respecting.
V. Ridicule ·noun Remarks concerning a subject or a person designed to excite laughter with a degree of contempt; wit of that species which provokes contemptuous laughter; disparagement by making a person an object of laughter; banter;
- a term lighter than derision.
ridicule
ACT OF INSULTING OR MAKING LIGHT, OFTEN USING CARICATURE
Derisive; Make fun of; Mocking; Draft:Mockery; Derision; Making fun of; Scoffing; Ridicule; Derisiveness; Draft:Scoffer
I. n.
Derision, mockery, raillery, satire, sarcasm, gibe, jeer, sneer, banter, wit, burlesque, irony.
II. v. a.
Deride, mock, scout, satirize, lampoon, jeer, taunt, rally, banter, burlesque, laugh at, scoff at, make game of, make fun of, make a butt of.
ridicule
ACT OF INSULTING OR MAKING LIGHT, OFTEN USING CARICATURE
Derisive; Make fun of; Mocking; Draft:Mockery; Derision; Making fun of; Scoffing; Ridicule; Derisiveness; Draft:Scoffer
n.
1) draw, incur ridicule
2) to heap, pour ridicule on smb.
3) (misc.) to hold smb. up to ridicule
Wikipedia
Ridicule (film)
Ridicule (French pronunciation: [ʁidikyl]) is a 1996 French period drama film directed by Patrice Leconte and starring Charles Berling, Jean Rochefort, Fanny Ardant and Judith Godrèche. Set in the 18th century at the decadent court of Versailles, where social status can rise and fall based on one's ability to mete out witty insults and avoid ridicule oneself, the film's plot examines the social injustices of late 18th-century France, in showing the corruption and callousness of the aristocrats.
Examples of use of ridicule
1. Democrats thought it to be a prescription for ridicule.
2. "However, he never intends to ridicule or embarrass individual senators.
3. These people need to be subjected to scorn and ridicule.
4. In both examples they appear like toys, inviting ridicule after they were the ones to pour ridicule on the believers and their faith.
5. They exposed Diana to equal measures of scandal and ridicule.