ridicule

The act of using words, gestures, images, or other products of expression to evoke laughter or contemptuous feelings regarding a person or thing.

The words or other products of expression used in this way.

To expose to ridicule; make fun of.

Ridiculous.

A corruption of reticule, formerly common.

Mocking or jesting words intended to excite laughter, with more or less contempt, at the expense of the person or thing of whom they are spoken or written; also, action or gesture designed to produce the same effect.

An object of mockery or contemptuous jesting.

Ridiculousness.

Synonyms Derision, mockery, gibe, jeer, sneer. See satire, ludicrous, and banter, verb

To treat with ridicule; treat with contemptuous merriment; represent as deserving of contemptuous mirth; mock; make sport or game of; deride.