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:

Scientists and liberal commentators love to ridicule creationists for "going back to the 19 th century," turning kids into "scientific ignoramuses," and second-guessing "experts" and the Supreme Court.
It has been adopted by some Chicanos to describe and ridicule themselves as they survive within an antagonistic and discriminatory environment.
Mann's credibility has been attacked by the Weekly Standard and the Washington Times , who ridicule her for using tarot cards and (allegedly) boasting about transporting soldiers telepathically.
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.
More often, there is a deliberateness in the Caribbean speaker's purpose to ridicule: A well-dressed girl is strutting along on the sidewalk one Sunday afternoon.