Words similar to ridicule

Example sentences for: ridicule

How can you use “ridicule” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

With that name and a British accent he could well have become the butt of ridicule, but he quickly became one of the boys when someone gave him a more appropriate nickname, Shirts.
Some detractors ridicule Mamet's language for its "terrible syntax, clichés, non-sequiturs, idiocies--but, man, that's how people talk!"
Using no words at all, you can express joy, sorrow, anger, disgust, skepticism, ridicule, criticism, fear, and many other emotions.
Critics of government welfare programs often ridicule the notion that people would starve in the streets or die of untreated diseases without AFDC, food stamps, Medicaid, etc.
Tripp added that she had been "vilified for taking the path of truth," and complained that "many in the entertainment industry have chosen to ridicule me" (presumably referring in part to a Saturday Night Live sketch in which she was portrayed by obese actor John Goodman).