deride

[ dih-rahyd ]

/ dɪˈraɪd /

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verb (used with object), de·rid·ed, de·rid·ing.

to laugh at in scorn or contempt; scoff or jeer at; mock.

Nearby words

derepress, derepression, derequisition, derestrict, dergue, deride, deringer, derisible, derision, derisive, derisively

Origin of deride

1520–30; < Latin dērīdēre to mock, equivalent to dē- de- + rīdēre to laugh

SYNONYMS FOR deride

taunt, flout, gibe, banter, rally. See ridicule.

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Related formsde·rid·er, nounde·rid·ing·ly, adverbo·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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Examples from the Web for deride

Still, Justice Clarence Thomas wrote separately to deride affirmative action from his position of lived experience.
Affirmative Action Isn’t Oppressive, but the Roberts Court Wants to End It Anyway|Mike Sacks|April 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Jerry may deride liberals Zionists as ethnic chauvinists or fantasists enthralled to an illusory peace process.
Why Liberal Zionists Won't Join BDS|Peter Beinart|February 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST
I am angry with all those in France who jumped at the occasion to deride the American justice system, and America in general.
In Defense of the Hotel Maid|Laila Lalami|May 17, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Did they deride men for being too diligent, for the pleasing of God and saving of their souls?
A Christian Directory (Volume 1 of 4)|Richard Baxter

Through whose fault has this basic emotion served merely to trick and deride them?
The Spirit of Youth and the City Streets|Jane Addams
Papists and Anabaptists deride us because we so earnestly require faith.
Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians|Martin Luther
Inevitably there grew up a generation of lads who began to deride Yasi, and said that they would never join the society.
Fetichism in West Africa|Robert Hamill Nassau
She was standing opposite to him, with a smile that seemed half to tease him, half to deride herself.
A Young Man's Year|Anthony Hope

British Dictionary definitions for deride

deride

/ (dɪˈraɪd) /

verb

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

Derived Formsderider, nounderidingly, adverb

Word Origin for deride

C16: from Latin dērīdēre to laugh to scorn, from de- + rīdēre to laugh, smile

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Word Origin and History for deride

deride

1520s, from Middle French derider, from Latin deridere "to ridicule, laugh to scorn" (see derision). Related: Derided; deriding.

deride

verb (used with object), de·rid·ed, de·rid·ing.

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