All 3 Uses of
ridicule
in
Medea by Euripides (translated by: G. Theodoridis)
- I'll also beg him to let my children stay here, not because I want them left here as objects of ridicule but so that I can use my cunning to murder the King's daughter!†
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- Did you think that having turned me into something to be ridiculed would make you a happy man?†
- Medea: True but my pains are eased knowing I'm not the object of your ridicule.†
Definition:
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(ridicule) mock (make fun of); or the language or behavior that does so