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deride
[dih-rahyd]
verb (used with object)
to laugh at in scorn or contempt; scoff or jeer at; mock.
Synonyms: , , , ,
deride
/ ɪˈɪ /
verb
(tr) to speak of or treat with contempt, mockery, or ridicule; scoff or jeer at
Other 51Թ Forms
- derider noun
- deridingly adverb
- overderide verb (used with object)
- underided adjective
- ˈ noun
- ˈ徱Բ adverb
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of deride1
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Example Sentences
Democrats have derided Kennedy’s efforts to reclassify mifepristone as politically motivated and baseless.
President Trump — the devil himself, to those roiling inside the hall — was derided as a “punk,” “the orange oligarch,” a small-fisted bully, the “thing that sits in the White House” and assorted unprintable epithets.
To tumultuous applause, he and other speakers derided the European Union's Green Deal, and complained of mass immigration and "gender and woke madness".
Skinny jeans, crossing your legs, using an iron, shaping your eyebrows, and even eating soup are among the things he derides as too feminine.
Plus, he derided his predecessor's attempts to develop new green technology a "green new scam".
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