ridicule

"He was being subjected to relentless scrutiny, including ridicule, discrediting absolutely every detail of his life," Baron-Cohen said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026

It was a humiliating showing for the 63-year-old Bucknor, drawing ridicule from players and fans alike.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

This is particularly the case amongst the country's largest ethnic group, the Kikuyu - and has become a subject of debate and in some cases ridicule for the men with female surnames.

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026

She’s let her hair go gray but kept up her tan, and she’s careful not to ridicule the ways her body has changed with age.

From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026

Laury, Cala, and Hennessey are all facing me, with Khyler on my left and Britt-Marie on my right, trapping me in a circle of ridicule.

From "Fast Pitch" by Nic Stone

The premise is simple — Scorsese, perfectionist filmmaker, mercilessly ridicules the photos he took of his nephew’s birthday party — but it’s his deadpan performance that really sells the joke.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2025

When Harris doubts or ridicules his stature, his wealth, the size of his crowds, or whatever, he feels compelled to fight back and restore his eminent centrality at once.

From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2024

This is a show that ridicules the genre's feverish dedication to pimping childhood trauma and other excuses for hyper-masculinity by doubling down on the deep friendship that keeps Harley and Ivy firmly rooted.

From Salon ● Feb. 9, 2023

And the company’s founder and CEO, Marty Daniel, has fashioned himself as a provocateur who ridicules gun control proposals and uses publicity stunts to drum up sales.

From Seattle Times ● May 28, 2022

However, the medical community ridicules him for the effort, and he’s never able to repeat his success.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti

All that postgame sportsmanship started getting ridiculed as acquiescence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

If the Rams lose, it could be ridiculed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

Then-Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg even made it a point to ride his bike to work, a choice that Trump ridiculed.

From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2026

As to those analogues: Jackson ridiculed Alito’s refusal to acknowledge that they show how “states routinely required affirmative consent for armed carry onto private property” at the founding.

From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026

He ridiculed them for accepting the wages they did, when their own government, the People’s Government, was in power.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

"For example, a tweet being shared to allege homophobia on my part was actually ridiculing homophobia," he said.

From BBC ● Dec. 28, 2025

At a demonstration outside the Parliament building in the Bulgarian capital, a giant screen looped videos and memes ridiculing politicians.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025

Both Daniels and Trump, who is the actual defendant, come out of these exchanges sounding like schoolchildren ridiculing each other.

From Slate ● May 10, 2024

But those bands did so at their own risk; in those days Mr. Albini was also known for ridiculing the bands he recorded after the fact.

From New York Times ● May 8, 2024

It wasn’t a ridiculing laugh; it was a happy laugh at a good joke.

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine