ribverbinformal

Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

to tease someone
teaseThe boys teased her mercilessly on the playground.
jokeI've lost your passport. Only joking!
kidI'm sorry, I forgot to get you a birthday present. Just kidding!
pull someone's legIs that really your car or are you pulling my leg?
ribHis brothers were ribbing him about his new girlfriend.
make fun ofThe other children made fun of him because he wore glasses.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Mocking and taunting
caricature
deride
deride someone/something as something
derision
derisive
haze
lampoon
make a mockery of somethingidiom
make a monkey out of someoneidiom
mimic
mimicry
mock
mockery
mocking
parody
scoff
scoffer
self-caricature
self-mockery
self-mocking

Examples of ridiculed

ridiculed

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

They will not be denounced as ' 'wrong' ' or ridiculed.
Living in close proximity to each other, neighbours or residents will be snooped upon, discussed in great detail, and perhaps even ridiculed.
She often ridiculed women's marriage expectations and made no secret of her preference for the unmarried state.
They are made to feel "different" and "not normal," and their language or their accent is ridiculed.
In short, "critique" here is ridiculed as much as possible.
Passages that were deemed to be incitements to mutiny were just as likely to be made examples of as those that ridiculed monarchy.
In particular, displays of active female sexuality are ridiculed by the music press.
A small minority, however, lacked support and acceptance, and were ridiculed.
Note that, both here and in the preceding example, the hypothetical condition is ridiculed by the speaker.
The material desires of these men and women were a cumulatively powerful force which survived even though their fashionable impulses were challenged, resisted and ridiculed.
Unless completely at home with it, he/she sounds artificial and affected and usually ends up being ridiculed or taunted.
Both were also ridiculed and condemned for attracting charlatans and causing riots and disturbances.
The woman who put style before function was ridiculed by men and women alike.
Idealists did insist that individuals be free to pursue whatever muse they wished, and ridiculed the notion that 'spirit' is entirely dependent on 'matter'.
I wish to show how female fans are trivialised and ridiculed by dividing them into four categories: teenyboppers, 'serious music' fans, women in subcultures, and 'groupies'.
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