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 |
| ROAST | 3 % | 5 |
| POKEFUNAT | 3 % | 9 |
| SCOFF | 2 % | 5 |
| ASSAIL | 1 % | 6 |
| IRONY | 1 % | 5 |
| LAMPOON | 1 % | 7 |
| DERISION | 1 % | 8 |
| PARODY | 1 % | 6 |
| MIMIC | 1 % | 5 |
| RIB | 1 % | 3 |
| SCOUT | 1 % | 5 |
| SNEERAT | 1 % | 7 |
| SCORN | 1 % | 5 |
| SNEER | 1 % | 5 |
| JESTAT | 1 % | 6 |
| PAN | 1 % | 3 |
| MOCKERY | 1 % | 7 |
| SATIRIZE | 1 % | 8 |
| ABASE | 1 % | 5 |
| LAUGHAT | 1 % | 7 |
| RIDE | 1 % | 4 |
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 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 POKEFUNAT
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 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 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 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 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 SCOUT
- Tonto's horse
- Tonto's steed
- Reconnoiterer
- One of the troop
- Talent hunter
- Talent evaluator
- Trailblazer
- "To Kill a Mockingbird" narrator
- Jean Louise Finch's nickname
- Check out the opposition
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
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 JESTAT
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.