Affect and Ridicule

Affect

Affect verb - To act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response.

Ridicule and affect are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ridicule" instead a verb "Affect".

Ridicule

Ridicule verb - To make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter.

Affect and ridicule are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Affect" instead a verb "Ridicule".

Mutual synonyms

Common collocations

character affect character ridicule character
people affect people ridicule people
children affect children ridicule children
someone affect someone ridicule someone
Other words: appearance, time, story, everyone, humans.
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