What is "ridiculing"

Usage examples of "ridiculing".

Some of the women gathered about the sleeping place, too, ridiculing its unfamiliar patterns, unaware of rudeness in such behavior, and when Penta­quod moved to protect his few belongings from the children, the women sided with him and called to the boys and girls to leave the stranger’s things alone.

Nesbitt had no lines to speak, no role in the broad comedy, but he was part of the show, and when he was invited to step for­ward and do the coon shuffle, ridiculing the feckless be­havior of black workmen, it was a moment of joy.

Meanwhile, we'll have some of our government stooges issue statements ridiculing Blord, or expressing surprise, wondering if perhaps he has not been mentally unsettled, hinting that the seizure of his properties had more justification in it than appeared on the surface, suggesting that behind the rampant piracy is none other than Artur Blord himself.

Buses were leaving for the airport, Dolphin supporters and their wives were checking out, the lobby was full of stranded luggage, and off in one of the corners, Don Shula was talking with another clutch of sportswriters and ridiculing the notion that he would ever get rid of Jim Kiick, despite Kiick's obvious unhappiness at the prospect of riding the bench again next year behind all-pro running back Mercury Morris.

While in school, he had problems with teachers, however, and eventually paid them back by ridiculing them in his novels.

Most readers feel a little sad that young men should consider the act of ridiculing adults their greatest goal in life, but we can also understand why they take revenge on Himmelstoss and Kantorek (Chapters 3 and 7).