ridicule meaning
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US WRidicule
- Ridicule (French pronunciation: [ʁidikyl]) is a 1996 French film set in the 18th century at the decadent court of Versailles, where social status can rise and fall based on one's ability to mete out witty insults and avoid ridicule oneself.
FR ridicule 
- NounPLridiculesSUF-ule
- derision; mocking or humiliating words or behaviour.
- An object of sport or laughter; a laughing stock.
- The quality of being ridiculous; ridiculousness.
- derision; mocking or humiliating words or behaviour.
- VerbSGridiculesPRridiculingPT, PPridiculed
- (transitive) to criticize or disapprove of someone or something through scornful jocularity; to make fun of.
- His older sibling constantly ridiculed him with sarcastic remarks.
- (transitive) to criticize or disapprove of someone or something through scornful jocularity; to make fun of.
- AdjectiveCOMmore ridiculeSUPmost ridicule
- (obsolete) ridiculous.
- This action [ …] became so ridicule. — Aubrey.
- (obsolete) ridiculous.
- More Examples
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- But when he entered the halls of Congress and tried the same spectacularisms upon some of the thoughtful statesmen of the time he met with ridicule.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
Definition of ridicule in English Dictionary
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Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "ridicule" is an adjective. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun and a singularia tantum. It's also a verb, more specifically, a transitive verb.