Definition of Ridiculed

1. Verb. (past of ridicule) ¹

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Definition of Ridiculed

1. ridicule [v] - See also: ridicule

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ridiculed

ridgeway
ridgeways
ridgier
ridgiest
ridgil
ridgils
ridging
ridgings
ridglings
ridgy
ridgy-didge
ridibund
ridicle
ridicule
ridiculed (current term)
ridiculer
ridiculers
ridicules
ridiculing
ridiculize
ridiculized
ridiculizes
ridiculizing
ridiculosities
ridiculosity
ridiculous
ridiculously
ridiculousness
ridiculousnesses

Literary usage of Ridiculed

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Essays on Physiognomy: For the Promotion of the Knowledge and the Love of by Johann Caspar Lavater, Thomas Holcroft (1789)
"REASONS WHY THE SCIENCE OF PHYSIOGNOMY IS SO OFTEN ridiculed AND TREATED WITH CONTEMPT. -DEFORE I proceed further, to prove that phy- ..."

2. Essays on Physiognomy by Johann Caspar Lavater, Thomas Holcroft (1878)
"REASONS WHY THE SCIENCE OF PHYSIOGNOMY IS SO OFTEN ridiculed AND TREATED WITH CONTEMPT. BEFORE I proceed further, to prove that physiognomy is a real ..."

3. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1843)
"He very frequently invited them to familiar entertainments, the frugality of which was ridiculed by those who remembered and regretted the luxurious ..."

4. The Literary History of the American Revolution, 1763-1783 by Moses Coit Tyler (1897)
"... friendship with Franklin—His enmity to John Dickinson and the proprietary government of Pennsylvania—His " Speech " in 1764 ridiculed by Dickinson. II. ..."

5. Daniel Defoe: His Life, and Recently Discovered Writings ; Extending from by Lee, William, Daniel Defoe (1869)
"The Bubbles ridiculed. MJ, April 30.—It is by some, and those of no small Experience, thought strange to sec the World so very fond of encouraging ..."

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