ridicule

Other forms of ridicule

plural

ridicules·

past tense

ridiculed·

present participle

ridiculing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about ridicule

What does ridicule mean?

ridicule means "language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ridicule?

ridicule has 3 syllables: ridic-u-le. The stress falls on "ridic". In IPA it is /ˈɹɪdəˌkjul/.

What is another word for ridicule?

Close synonyms include derision, roast, guy, blackguard, laugh at. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ridicule a common word?

ridicule is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with ridicule?

2 words rhyme with ridicule. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.