Where Did Ridicule Come from?
Both Words Come from the Latin Redire Which Means to Laugh. When You Are Ridiculed, You Are Made a Laughing Stock, but Being the Object of Ridicule Is Never...
Both words come from the Latin redire which means to laugh. When you are ridiculed, you are made a laughing stock, but being the object of ridicule is never funny.
What is the word ridicule mean by?
: the act of making fun of someone or something in a cruel or harsh way : harsh comments made by people who are laughing at someone or something. ridicule. verb.
What is ridiculous in a positive way?
It can even be used in a positive sense (that no longer means "worthy of ridicule" but something more like "absurd"): "I made a ridiculous amount of money on that project." "He's ridiculously wealthy." "She's ridiculously thin."
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