lächerlich machen — meaning in English

English meaning

• deride verb To mock someone or something harshly and with contempt.
• satirize verb To use humor or exaggeration to criticise someone or something.
• stultify verb To hold back progress or ideas and make them boring, usually through rigid routine.

Senses

lächerlich machen is used for these senses in English:

• deride (transitive) To laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly; to ridicule, to scorn.
• make a fool of (transitive) To cause (someone) to seem foolish.
• satirize (transitive) To make a satire of; to mock.
• stultify (transitive, dated) To cause to appear foolish; to deprive of strength; to stupefy. [from early 19th c.]

deride — full definition

1. verb To mock someone or something harshly and with contempt.
2. verb To laugh at someone in an unkind, mocking way.

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