Feeling Wheel
What feeling ridiculed is like
Feeling ridiculed means being mocked or laughed at, often in front of others. It can make you want to hide or stop sharing your ideas.
Ridiculed or mocked?
Mocked is being made fun of. Ridiculed suggests the mockery made you look foolish, often in front of a group. Read more about feeling mocked.
Finding ridiculed on the feelings wheel
On the Feeling Wheel, ridiculed sits in the Ashamed group. Start in the middle of the wheel with ashamed, then move outwards to ridiculed. If it's close but not quite right, the other ashamed words below may fit better. It's also normal to feel more than one thing at once.
Other words in the Ashamed group
Ashamed words are about how you see yourself, often after being judged or after judging yourself.
- Inadequate Feeling not good enough
- Inferior Feeling lower in status or quality than others
- Worthless Feeling without value or purpose
- Embarrassed Feeling awkward or self-conscious
- Insecure Feeling uncertain or lacking confidence
- Weak Feeling lacking in strength or ability
- Insulted Feeling offended by someone's words or actions
- Mocked Feeling made fun of or ridiculed
- Humiliated Feeling publicly shamed or made to feel foolish
- Guilty Feeling responsible or remorseful for a wrong or mistake
Name what you're feeling
Feeling Wheel puts all 118 of these words on one wheel. Tap the ones that fit, add a note if you like, and see your patterns over time. Free on iPhone and Android.