Sentence examples for is ridicule from inspiring English sources
verb
To criticize or disapprove of someone or something through scornful jocularity; to make fun of
- His older sibling constantly ridiculed him with sarcastic remarks.
Perhaps another means is ridicule.
Blasphemy is ridicule directed at an ideology; hate speech encourages violence directed at individuals.
What I don't want to hear from conservatives is ridicule at my outrage.
This being the campaign it is, the only material we're likely to get from here on out is ridicule, which is really just anger put on the offensive.
If you're against consensus in Ireland, the first phase is ridicule, then it's violent opposition, and the third phase is universal truth – where everyone pretends they agreed with you all along," McWilliams says, with a smile.
What may threaten despots is ridicule (it's what Charlie Chaplin understood - or at least, hoped - when he made The Great Dictator about Hitler).
"First, the truth is ridiculed," he says.
Heavy-handed propaganda is ridiculed.
"First, the prospect is ridiculed," he said.
Al Gore is ridiculed for his slow, deliberate speaking style.
