See ridicule on Wiktionary
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"sense": "to make fun of someone",
"word": "သရော်"
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"code": "chr",
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"word": "ᎠᏙᏥᏗᎭ"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make fun of someone",
"word": "tourner en dérision"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make fun of someone",
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"sense": "to make fun of someone",
"word": "𐌱𐌹𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌽"
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"roman": "bilaikan",
"sense": "to make fun of someone",
"word": "𐌱𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽"
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"lang": "Ingrian",
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"word": "pilkata"
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"code": "sga",
"lang": "Old Irish",
"sense": "to make fun of someone",
"word": "con·tib"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make fun of someone",
"word": "ridicolizzare"
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"alt": "あざわらう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "azawarau",
"sense": "to make fun of someone",
"word": "嘲笑う"
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"roman": "nollida",
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"word": "놀리다"
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"roman": "biutda",
"sense": "to make fun of someone",
"word": "비웃다"
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"sense": "to make fun of someone",
"word": "šaipytis"
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"roman": "parihasikkuka",
"sense": "to make fun of someone",
"word": "പരിഹസിക്കുക"
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to make fun of someone",
"word": "tāwai"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make fun of someone",
"word": "whakahahani"
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{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to make fun of someone",
"word": "taunu"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make fun of someone",
"word": "whakamanumanu"
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"code": "nb",
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"sense": "to make fun of someone",
"word": "latterliggjøre"
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{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "gülmek",
"sense": "to make fun of someone",
"word": "گولمك"
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{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "masxare kardan",
"sense": "to make fun of someone",
"word": "مسخره کردن"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "to make fun of someone",
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"word": "wyśmiewać"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to make fun of someone",
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"word": "wyśmiać"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make fun of someone",
"word": "ridicularizar"
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to make fun of someone",
"word": "batjocori"
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to make fun of someone",
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"roman": "vysméivatʹ",
"sense": "to make fun of someone",
"tags": [
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"word": "высме́ивать"
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"word": "förlöjliga"
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "to make fun of someone",
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"code": "tr",
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"sense": "to make fun of someone",
"word": "alay etmek"
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to make fun of someone",
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"roman": "vysmíjuvaty",
"sense": "to make fun of someone",
"tags": [
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"word": "висмі́ювати"
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"sense": "to make fun of someone",
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"word": "ви́сміяти"
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"sense": "to make fun of someone",
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"ref": "1989, “John the Fisherman”, performed by Primus:",
"text": "When he was young you'd not find him doing well in school,\nHis mind would turn unto the waters.\nAlways the focus of adolescent ridicule,\nHe has no time for farmer's daughters.\nAlienated from the clique society,\nA lonely boy finds peace in fishing.",
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"word": "ծաղր"
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