2. Verb. (present participle of ridicule) ¹
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Definition of Ridiculing
1. ridicule [v] - See also: ridicule
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ridiculing
Literary usage of Ridiculing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Journal of the Proceedings in Georgia, Beginning October 20, 1737: By by William Stephens (1906)
"... it was plainly begun already, in opposing the Doctrine he taught, and ridiculing
the converted Saints, who endeavored to live up to it: Bidding them be ..."
2. The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin, and an Account of Its Progress Down by Alexander Kinglake (1877)
"... Upon their habit of ridiculing Louis Napoleon. CHAP. —this queen of great
renown, was delivered bound XIV" ..."
3. The Spirit of Prayer: Or, the Soul Rising Out of the Vanity of Time, Into by William Law (1823)
"... or as moved by the spirit, is ridiculing the one only prayer that is divine,
or can do us any divine good ; and to reject and oppose it, ..."
4. Biographia juridica. A biographical dictionary of the judges of England from by Edward Foss (1870)
"... on the counsel for the defendant ridiculing the charge and declaring it was
no punishment at all, his lordship leaned over and whispered, ' Brother, ..."
5. A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen by Robert Chambers, Thomas Thomson (1853)
"... and that, in satirising more palpable follies, he might have been more successful.
The success of Swift, in ridiculing mankind in general in his ..."
6. A Dictionary of the Drama: A Guide to the Plays, Play-wrights, Players, and by William Davenport Adams (1904)
"H was followed at the Strand Theatre by a farce entitled 'A Plague on both your
Houses,' ridiculing both Mathews and Anderson. Great Illusion (The). ..."
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