Ridicule

To make fun of someone in a mean way, often by laughing at them or making jokes that can hurt their feelings.

Examples

• It’s not nice to ridicule someone for their ideas, even if you don’t agree with them.
• When the teacher saw the kids ridicule their classmate, she reminded them to be kind to one another.
• During the game, it hurt my feelings when some players started to ridicule me for making a mistake.

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