English–Dutch dictionary
Dutch translation of the English word ridicule
| English | Dutch (translated indirectly) | Esperanto |
|---|---|---|
| (derision; mockery; belittlement; jeering; scoffing; mocking) | ||
| (deride; mock; quip) | ; | |
🔗 At first, he ridiculed official American warnings that Russia would launch an invasion as media‐propelled fear‐mongering. | ||
belachelijk maken | ||
| (farcical; laughable; risible; silly; ludricous) | ; ; ; | |
🔗 May’s pathetic attempt at dividing the EU member states is only making us look even more ridiculous. | ||
| English | Dutch |
|---|---|
| ridicule | ⇆ belachelijk maken; ⇆ bespottelijk maken; ⇆ bespotten; ⇆ bespotting; ⇆ spot; ⇆ spotten met |
| bring ridicule on | ⇆ belachelijk maken |
| cast ridicule on | ⇆ belachelijk maken |
| hold up to ridicule | ⇆ belachelijk maken; ⇆ bespottelijk maken |
| in ridicule of | ⇆ spottend met |
| lay oneself open to ridicule | ⇆ zich bespottelijk maken |
| object of ridicule | ⇆ voorwerp van spot |
| pour ridicule on | ⇆ belachelijk maken |
| ridicule somebody | ⇆ iemand te kakken zetten |
| throw ridicule on | ⇆ belachelijk maken |
| ridiculous | ⇆ belachelijk; ⇆ bespottelijk; ⇆ lachwekkend; ⇆ ridicuul |