·adj Ridiculous.
II. Ridicule ·noun Quality of being ridiculous; ridiculousness.
III. Ridicule ·noun An object of sport or laughter; a laughingstock; a laughing matter.
IV. Ridicule ·vt To laugh at mockingly or disparagingly; to awaken ridicule toward or respecting.
V. Ridicule ·noun Remarks concerning a subject or a person designed to excite laughter with a degree of contempt; wit of that species which provokes contemptuous laughter; disparagement by making a person an object of laughter; banter;
— a term lighter than derision.