hold+up+to+ridicule
11hold up — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you hold up your hand or something you have in your hand, you move it upwards into a particular position and keep it there. [V P n (not pron)] She held up her hand stiffly... [V n P] Hold it up so that we can see it. 2) PHRASAL …
12ridicule — Synonyms and related words: airs, arrogance, badinage, banter, barrack, be above, be contemptuous of, be disrespectful, be merry with, be overfamiliar with, brashness, brassiness, brazenfacedness, brazenness, burlesque, care nothing for,… …
13hold cheap — Synonyms and related words: be above, be contemptuous of, care nothing for, contemn, deride, despise, disdain, disparage, disprize, dump on, feel contempt for, feel superior to, hold beneath one, hold in contempt, insult, look down upon, misprize …
14hold in contempt — Synonyms and related words: be above, be contemptuous of, belittle, bring down, bring into discredit, bring low, care nothing for, contemn, cry down, dare, debase, decry, degrade, denigrate, deprecate, depreciate, deride, derogate from, despise,… …
15hold up — verb Date: 1851 transitive verb 1. to rob at gunpoint 2. delay, impede 3. to call attention to ; single out < his work was held up to ridicule > < hold this up as perfection Times Literary Supplement > …
16hold someone/something up — 1) delay or block the movement or progress of someone or something our return flight was held up for seven hours 2) rob someone or something using the threat of force or violence a masked gunman held up the post office 3) present or expose… …
17lampoon — n 1. satire, squib, pasquil, pasquinade, burlesque, travesty, skit, parody; satirical cartoon, political cartoon, caricature, distorted portrait; malicious attack, virulent attack, near slander, near libel; derision, ridicule, mockery, invective …
18deride — v. a. Ridicule (contemptuously or maliciously), mock, scout, satirize, lampoon, jeer, taunt, chaff, scoff at, jeer at, laugh at, make fun of, make sport of, make game of, turn to ridicule, hold up to ridicule, make a butt of, make merry with,… …
19mock — I (deride) verb chaff, dericiere, disparage, fleer, flout, gibe, heckle, hold in derision, hold up to ridicule, hoot, inridere, insult, jeer, joke about, lampoon, laugh at, ludibrio, make a butt of, make a fool of, make fun of, poke fun at, rag,… …
20pillory — I verb accuse, asperse, attaint, befoul, belittle, berate, besmear, besmirch, bespatter, blacken, blot, brand, bring shame upon, calumniate, cast a slur upon, cast aspersions on, cause a scandal, damage a reputation, debase, defame, defile,… …
