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ridiculize

ridiculize verb: to make ridiculous; to ridicule.

Verb

ridiculize (third-person singular simple present ridiculizes, present participle ridiculizing, simple past and past participle ridiculized)

  1. (nonstandard, obsolete) To make ridiculous; to ridicule.
    • My heart still trembling, lest the false alarmes
      That words oft strike up should ridiculize me.1614–1615, Homer, “The Twenty-third Book of Homer’s Odysseys”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., Homer’s Odysses. […], London: […] Rich[ard] Field [and William Jaggard], for Nathaniell Butter, published...

Forms of ridiculize

third-person singular presentridiculizes
present participleridiculizing
past participleridiculized
pastridiculized

Origin of ridiculize

From ridicule + -ize.

Questions about ridiculize

What does ridiculize mean?
Ridiculize means to make ridiculous; to ridicule.
What part of speech is ridiculize?
Ridiculize is a verb.
What is the past tense of ridiculize?
The past tense of ridiculize is ridiculized.

Words near ridiculize in the dictionary

  1. ridiculings
  2. ridiculise
  3. ridiculised
  4. ridiculises
  5. ridiculising
  6. ridiculize
  7. ridiculized
  8. ridiculizes
  9. ridiculizing
  10. ridiculosities
  11. ridiculosity

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