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ridicularizar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • deride verb To mock someone or something harshly and with contempt.
  • flout verb To openly ignore or disobey a rule or law, showing no respect for it.
  • jeer noun A rude comment made to make fun of someone.
  • ridicule verb To mock or make fun of someone or something in a scornful way.

Senses

ridicularizar is used for these senses in English:

  • deride (transitive) To laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly; to ridicule, to scorn.
  • flout (transitive, archaic) To scorn.
  • jeer (intransitive, with at) To utter sarcastic or mocking comments; to speak with mockery or derision; to use taunting language.
  • ridicule (transitive) To criticize or disapprove of someone or something through scornful jocularity; to make fun of.

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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