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ridiculer

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

One who ridicules.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a humorist who uses ridicule and irony and sarcasm

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: satirist, ironist

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: humorist, humourist

Narrower terms: Juvenal, Decimus Junius Juvenalis, Rabelais, Francois Rabelais, Swift, Jonathan Swift, Dean Swift

History

Etymology

From ridicule + -er.