"ridicules" in the noun sense
1. ridicule
language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate
2. derision, ridicule
the act of deriding or treating with contempt
"ridicules" in the verb sense
1. ridicule, roast, guy, blackguard, laugh at, jest at, rib, make fun, poke fun
subject to laughter or ridicule
"The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"
"The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"
"His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday"
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