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de⋅ride

  [di-rahyd]
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–verb (used with object), -rid⋅ed, -rid⋅ing.
to laugh at in scorn or contempt; scoff or jeer at; mock.
Origin:
1520–30; < L dērīdēre to mock, equiv. to dē- de- + rīdēre to laugh

Related forms:
de⋅rid⋅er, noun
de⋅rid⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
taunt, flout, gibe, banter, rally. See ridicule.
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de·ride   (dĭ-rīd')   
tr.v.   de·rid·ed, de·rid·ing, de·rides
To speak of or treat with contemptuous mirth. See Synonyms at ridicule.

[Latin dērīdēre : dē-, de- + rīdēre, to laugh at.]
de·rid'er n., de·rid'ing·ly adv.
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Deride

De*ride"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Derided; p. pr. & vb. n. Deriding.] [L. deridere, derisum; de- + rid?re to laugh. See Ridicule.] To laugh at with contempt; to laugh to scorn; to turn to ridicule or make sport of; to mock; to scoff at.

And the Pharisees, also, . . . derided him. --Luke xvi. 14.

Sport that wrinkled Care derides. And Laughter holding both his sides. --Milton.

Syn: To mock; laugh at; ridicule; insult; taunt; jeer; banter; rally.

Usage: To Deride, Ridicule, Mock, Taunt. A man may ridicule without any unkindness of feeling; his object may be to correct; as, to ridicule the follies of the age. He who derides is actuated by a severe a contemptuous spirit; as, to deride one for his religious principles. To mock is stronger, and denotes open and scornful derision; as, to mock at sin. To taunt is to reproach with the keenest insult; as, to taunt one for his misfortunes. Ridicule consists more in words than in actions; derision and mockery evince themselves in actions as well as words; taunts are always expressed in words of extreme bitterness.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : deride
Spanish: ridiculizar,
German: verhöhnen,
Japanese: あざ笑う
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