ridicule – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of ridicule

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to ridicule
Participle: ridiculed
Gerund: ridiculing

Cognates

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Indicative

Present

Iridicule
youridicule
he;she;itridicules
weridicule
youridicule
theyridicule

Perfect

Ihave ridiculed
youhave ridiculed
he;she;ithas ridiculed
wehave ridiculed
youhave ridiculed
theyhave ridiculed

Past

Iridiculed
youridiculed
he;she;itridiculed
weridiculed
youridiculed
theyridiculed

Pluperfect

Ihad ridiculed
youhad ridiculed
he;she;ithad ridiculed
wehad ridiculed
youhad ridiculed
theyhad ridiculed

Future

Iwill ridicule
youwill ridicule
he;she;itwill ridicule
wewill ridicule
youwill ridicule
theywill ridicule

Future Perfect

Iwill have ridiculed
youwill have ridiculed
he;she;itwill have ridiculed
wewill have ridiculed
youwill have ridiculed
theywill have ridiculed

Subjunctive

Present

Iridicule
youridicule
he;she;itridicule
weridicule
youridicule
theyridicule

Perfect

Ihave ridiculed
youhave ridiculed
he;she;ithave ridiculed
wehave ridiculed
youhave ridiculed
theyhave ridiculed

Imperfect

Iridiculed
youridiculed
he;she;itridiculed
weridiculed
youridiculed
theyridiculed

Pluperfect

Ihad ridiculed
youhad ridiculed
he;she;ithad ridiculed
wehad ridiculed
youhad ridiculed
theyhad ridiculed

Conditional

Present

Iwould ridicule
youwould ridicule
he;she;itwould ridicule
wewould ridicule
youwould ridicule
theywould ridicule

Perfect

Iwould have ridiculed
youwould have ridiculed
he;she;itwould have ridiculed
wewould have ridiculed
youwould have ridiculed
theywould have ridiculed

Imperative

youridicule
weLet's ridicule
youridicule

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam ridiculing
youare ridiculing
he;she;itis ridiculing
weare ridiculing
youare ridiculing
theyare ridiculing

Perfect

Ihave been ridiculing
youhave been ridiculing
he;she;ithas been ridiculing
wehave been ridiculing
youhave been ridiculing
theyhave been ridiculing

Past

Iwas ridiculing
youwere ridiculing
he;she;itwas ridiculing
wewere ridiculing
youwere ridiculing
theywere ridiculing

Pluperfect

Ihad been ridiculing
youhad been ridiculing
he;she;ithad been ridiculing
wehad been ridiculing
youhad been ridiculing
theyhad been ridiculing

Future

Iwill be ridiculing
youwill be ridiculing
he;she;itwill be ridiculing
wewill be ridiculing
youwill be ridiculing
theywill be ridiculing

Future Perfect

Iwill have been ridiculing
youwill have been ridiculing
he;she;itwill have been ridiculing
wewill have been ridiculing
youwill have been ridiculing
theywill have been ridiculing

Conditional

Present

Iwould be ridiculing
youwould be ridiculing
he;she;itwould be ridiculing
wewould be ridiculing
youwould be ridiculing
theywould be ridiculing

Perfect

Iwould have been ridiculing
youwould have been ridiculing
he;she;itwould have been ridiculing
wewould have been ridiculing
youwould have been ridiculing
theywould have been ridiculing

Other

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

To criticize or disapprove of someone or something through scornful jocularity.
deride
deride
disparage, taunt, mock, chaff, razz

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. The obsolete adjective is borrowed from French ridicule, from Latin rīdiculus (“laughable, comical, amusing, absurd, ridiculous”), from ridere (“to laugh”).
2. The noun is either from French, noun use of adjective, or from Latin rīdiculum, noun use of neuter of rīdiculus.
3. The verb is from the noun or else from French ridiculer, from ridicule. See: French 'ridiculer'.

Sample Sentences

  • His older sibling constantly ridiculed him with sarcastic remarks.