RIDICULES Synonyms

• contemptuous laughter

• the act of deriding or treating with contempt

• an effigy of Guy Fawkes that is burned on a bonfire on Guy Fawkes Day

• an informal term for a youth or man

• a cable, wire, or rope that is used to brace something (especially a tent)

• subject to laughter or ridicule

• steady or support with a guy wire or cable

• support resembling the rib of an animal

• any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates)

• cut of meat including one or more ribs

• a teasing remark

• a riblike supporting or strengthening part of an animal or plant

• a projecting molding on the underside of a vault or ceiling; may be ornamental or structural

• form vertical ribs by knitting

• subject to laughter or ridicule

• a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion

• negative criticism

• (meat) cooked by dry heat in an oven

• cook with dry heat, usually in an oven

• subject to laughter or ridicule

• subject to laughter or ridicule

• subject to laughter or ridicule

• subject to laughter or ridicule

• subject to laughter or ridicule