deride
to laugh at in scorn or contempt; scoff or jeer at; mock.
Origin of deride
1synonym study For deride
Other words for deride
Other words from deride
- de·rid·er, noun
- de·rid·ing·ly, adverb
- o·ver·de·ride, verb (used with object), o·ver·de·rid·ed, o·ver·de·rid·ing.
- un·de·rid·ed, adjective
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How to use deride in a sentence
Like it or not, this is a book of great consequence, not a pop-culture puff piece, which some of its deriders claim it is.
He was familiar also with what the "deriders" had to say, and we can discover their point of view from his answers.
A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 | Wallace NotesteinWhat would the contemners of the people's claims, the deriders of the people's miseries, make of that, I wonder?
He made it the very ground for exposing the still smaller pretensions of the souls and understandings of his deriders.
A Jar of Honey from Mount Hybla | Leigh HuntFor a long time, for more than half the present duration of the city's life, deriders could deride to their heart's content.
With Americans of Past and Present Days | J. J. Jusserand
This would hardly be allowed by some of our American juridical deniers and deriders of the “higher law.”
Atrocious Judges | John Campbell, Baron Campbell
British Dictionary definitions for deride
/ (dɪˈraɪd) /
(tr) to speak of or treat with contempt, mockery, or ridicule; scoff or jeer at
Origin of deride
1Derived forms of deride
- derider, noun
- deridingly, adverb
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