adj ridiculous.
2. ridicule ·noun quality of being ridiculous; ridiculousness.
3. ridicule ·noun an object of sport or laughter; a laughingstock; a laughing matter.
4. ridicule ·vt to laugh at mockingly or disparagingly; to awaken ridicule toward or respecting.
5. 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.