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Common collocations with ridicule in American Collocation

ridicule noun uncountable

US /ˈrɪdɪˌkjul/

risk ridicule

face
invite
provoke
risk

Of course, without a phone teenagers risk the ridicule of their peers.

use ridicule

heap on something/someone

The Journalist joined the Editor in the easy work of heaping ridicule on the whole thing.

avoid ridicule

avoid

All the people involved had kept it quiet in order to avoid ridicule.

suffer ridicule

be the object of
be the subject of
endure
incur
suffer

It treats the rich and powerful as objects of ridicule, rather than objects of reverence.

cause ridicule

attract

Such policies have attracted widespread ridicule and non-compliance.

contempt
criticism
derision
hatred
hostility
insults
mockery
rejection
sarcasm
scorn

All sympathy was immediately withdrawn and replaced by scorn and ridicule.