ANT: Veneration, respect, deference, salutation, honor, homage.

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KEY: Ridicule \v.\

SYN: Lampoon, deride, mock at, laugh at, jeer, [See REVOKE and REVERSIBLE].

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KEY: Ridiculous.

SYN: Laughable, ludicrous, droll, contemptible, preposterous, absurd, grotesque, trifling, trivial.

ANT: Serious, grave, important, weighty, considerable, venerable, imposing, majestic.

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KEY: Rifle \v.\ [See RANSACK].