ridicule
mockery; to mock
Root
- rid / ris: laugh or mock
Other words with the rid / ris root
- deride: to mock or ridicule
- derision: contemptuous mockery
- derisive: mocking or scornful
- ridiculous: absurd or laughable
- risible: laughable; absurd
Ridicule is laughter sharpened into mockery.
The proposal deserved criticism, not ridicule.
The laugh has an edge and a target.