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
He derides the marriage vow and even at times the sentiment of love itself; yet no one is more happily or wisely married.
Churchill Would Be Famous Today on the Strength of His Writing Alone | Anthony Paletta | June 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAbramoff derides Senator John McCain as a “classic narcissist.”
He is clearly cynical about clean tech and derides the “fusion delusion” as the next bubble.
He derides the president for this and other “euphemisms” in a time of war.
Cheney vs. Obama: The Best Moments From Their Speeches | The Daily Beast Video | May 21, 2009 | THE DAILY BEASTMedicine may, perhaps, fulfil her promise of giving us a few more years, but habit derides her by making each year a scanty gift.
Ceres' Runaway | Alice Meynell
All this persiflage, in harmony with the polemics of the Gorgias, derides and degrades the Rhetors collectively.
It is the same cosmic Intelligence that derides the period during which the form shall remain in a state of activity in the world.
Reincarnation | Th. PascalFor one learns sooner, and more willingly remembers, that which a man derides, than that which he approves and venerates.
The Works of Horace | HoraceAs a rule, the hired girl and the hired man are not good friends: he derides her, and she scorns him.
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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