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:

Yes, the Lewinsky affair deserves ridicule in many ways, but I can get lurid guesses about the Clinton-Lewinsky relationship anywhere.
Lee guesses that it was because Woolf predicted in advance the ridicule of her male friends (and literary competitors) that she kept herself from doing so.
Have you noticed that travelers are always quick to ridicule other travelers?
Regis and Kathie Lee quickly became figures of ridicule, the embodiment of unhip.
How else to explain the way movies use ridicule and easy clichés when re-creating the clothes of the 1950s?