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derided

  • past participle
    of deride.
    deride
    verb (used with object)
    to laugh at in scorn or contempt; scoff or jeer at; mock.
  • past tense form
    of deride.
    deride
    verb (used with object)
    to laugh at in scorn or contempt; scoff or jeer at; mock.

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Reconsider R-Patz: Robert Pattinson was derided for his performance in the Twilight movies, but in recent years, he has drawn comparisons to Brad Pitt.

From Slate ● Sep. 30, 2026

And in an X post widely derided for "showing off" her dedication to work, she wrote in July she has been chronically sleeping just "zero to three hours" as prime minister.

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

As it has done in the past, the White House on Tuesday derided Bonta’s lawsuits as misguided.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

She lives in the deprived East Marsh area of Grimsby, a neighbourhood she says is often derided as a place of crime and unemployment.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

Everything was custom engineered—“no hand-me-down magnets, no industrial discards . . . ‘no patch work,’ ” as the Joliots’ emissary Maurice Nahmias had derided the old standards.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik