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deride

[dih-rahyd]

verb (used with object)

derided, deriding 
  1. to laugh at in scorn or contempt; scoff or jeer at; mock.

    Synonyms: , , , ,


deride

/ ɪˈɪ /

verb

  1. (tr) to speak of or treat with contempt, mockery, or ridicule; scoff or jeer at

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • derider noun
  • deridingly adverb
  • overderide verb (used with object)
  • underided adjective
  • ˈ noun
  • ˈ徱Բ adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of deride1

First recorded in 1520–30; from Latin ŧīŧ “to mock,” equivalent to ŧ- de- + īŧ “to laugh”
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of deride1

C16: from Latin ŧīŧ to laugh to scorn, from de- + īŧ to laugh, smile
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Democrats have derided Kennedy’s efforts to reclassify mifepristone as politically motivated and baseless.

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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.

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To tumultuous applause, he and other speakers derided the European Union's Green Deal, and complained of mass immigration and "gender and woke madness".

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Skinny jeans, crossing your legs, using an iron, shaping your eyebrows, and even eating soup are among the things he derides as too feminine.

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Plus, he derided his predecessor's attempts to develop new green technology a "green new scam".

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