The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word DERIDE , but the solution may also be TAUNT which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Ridicule crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DERIDE | 20 % | 6 |
| TWIT | 17 % | 4 |
| MOCK | 14 % | 4 |
| TAUNT | 11 % | 5 |
| JEER | 6 % | 4 |
| JEERAT | 5 % | 6 |
| GIBE | 4 % | 4 |
| POKEFUNAT | 3 % | 9 |
| ROAST | 3 % | 5 |
| SCOFF | 2 % | 5 |
| LAMPOON | 1 % | 7 |
| DERISION | 1 % | 8 |
| ASSAIL | 1 % | 6 |
| IRONY | 1 % | 5 |
| SCORN | 1 % | 5 |
| SNEER | 1 % | 5 |
| PAN | 1 % | 3 |
| JESTAT | 1 % | 6 |
| ABASE | 1 % | 5 |
| MOCKERY | 1 % | 7 |
| SATIRIZE | 1 % | 8 |
| RIDE | 1 % | 4 |
| LAUGHAT | 1 % | 7 |
| MIMIC | 1 % | 5 |
| RIB | 1 % | 3 |
| PARODY | 1 % | 6 |
| SNEERAT | 1 % | 7 |
| SCOUT | 1 % | 5 |
Why may TAUNT be the right solution?
"Ridicule" is a synonym for "taunt," as both involve mocking or teasing someone in a mean-spirited way.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Ridicule
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- poke fun
- laugh at
- derision
- blackguard
- guy
- rib
- jest at
- make fun
- mockery
- laughingstock
- mock
- travesty
Crossword Answer definitions
DERIDE verb- To harshly mock; ridicule.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result DERIDE
- Ridicule
- Twit
- Mock
- Put down
- Express contempt for
- Scoff at
- Treat with contempt
- Subject to ridicule
- Slam
- Make fun of
More clues leading to the result TWIT
More clues leading to the result MOCK
More clues leading to the result TAUNT
- Poke fun at
- Harass from the stands, say
- Ride
- Fresh cut?
- Ride hard
- Bully
- Ridicule
- Say "nyah-nyah" to
- Trash-talk
- Mock
More clues leading to the result JEER
- Mock
- Ridicule
- Unsportsmanlike utterance
- Scoff
- Heckle or mock
- Boo-bird's call
- Boo and hiss
- Catcall
- Taunt
- Make rude remarks
More clues leading to the result JEERAT
- Be a douche to, from the stands
- Offer raspberries?
- Taunt, in a way
- Ridicule
- Show disrespect for
- Show contempt for
- Express contempt toward
- Make fun of
- Mock
- Boo from the stands
More clues leading to the result GIBE
More clues leading to the result POKEFUNAT
More clues leading to the result ROAST
- Insult, kiddingly
- Butcher shop choice
- Prepare coffee beans
- Certain Sunday dinner
- Dean Martin specialty
- Dis-honor?
- Recent Justin Bieber event
- Friars' gathering
- Honor with insults
- Dinner that may be tough to swallow for the guest of honor
More clues leading to the result SCOFF
- Jeer
- Mock
- Express contempt
- Deride
- Ridicule
- Express mockery
- Deride, with "at"
- Jeer, with "at"
- Express doubt insolently
- Pooh-pooh
More clues leading to the result LAMPOON
- National ___ (satire mag)
- Satirize
- Parody
- Ridicule
- Satirize without mercy
- Ridicule satirically
- Sharp satire
- Harsh satire
- The Harvard ___.
- Harvard's font of humor.
More clues leading to the result DERISION
More clues leading to the result ASSAIL
More clues leading to the result IRONY
- "I'm clueless," for instance (considering the context)
- O. Henry device
- Literary device
- Subtle twist
- "A free ride when you've already paid" is an example of it, according to Alanis Morissette
- Device used by O. Henry
- Sardonic wit
- "The gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom," per Anatole France
- Dramatic device
- Literary twist
More clues leading to the result SCORN
- Disdain
- Mock
- Treat with contempt
- Diss
- Contemptuously refuse
- Belittle in a way
- Derision
- Distain
- Show disdain for
- Pooh-pooh
More clues leading to the result SNEER
- Curl one's lip
- Dismissive visage
- Express derision
- Insolent look
- Look of contempt
- Scornful look
- Show scorn
- Curl your lip
- Look dirty?
- Dirty look
More clues leading to the result PAN
- Give one star to
- God often pictured with pipes
- Forty-niners tool
- Move while filming
- Play critic
- Scathing review
- Rotate the camera
- Omelet-maker's need, unless you boil your omelets or cook them in the toaster I suppose
- Critically disdain
- Muffin tin, e.g.
More clues leading to the result JESTAT
More clues leading to the result ABASE
More clues leading to the result MOCKERY
More clues leading to the result SATIRIZE
More clues leading to the result RIDE
- Sally in space
- "Thumb a ___"
- Catch a Greyhound
- The Cyclone, for one
- Thumb a __ (hitchhike)
- Be carried by
- Carnival attraction
- Disneyland attraction
- Emulate Miss Daisy
- Go by car
More clues leading to the result LAUGHAT
More clues leading to the result MIMIC
- Act the copycat
- Parodist
- Resemble closely
- Make like
- Imitate derisively
- Do an impersonation
- Replicate
- Chameleonic comedian
- Copy
- Ape
More clues leading to the result RIB
- Adam's donation
- Prime _____
- Umbrella part
- Barbecue treat
- Make fun of
- Prime __ (wedding fare)
- __-tickling
- Barbecue bit
- Eve's origin
- Mock with good-humor
More clues leading to the result PARODY
- Viral video, perhaps
- Takeoff
- Monty Python piece
- Many a Firesign Theatre skit
- "Saturday Night Live" fare
- Burlesque
- Lampoon
- Spoof
- Typical Mad piece
- Make fun of
More clues leading to the result SNEERAT
- Be scornful of
- Lord it over
- Make a mockery of
- Be disdainful toward
- Make fun of
- Look down on
- Pooh-pooh
- Don't take seriously
- Look down upon
- Show contempt toward