deride
verb (used with object)
to laugh at in scorn or contempt; scoff or jeer at; mock.
derided
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past participleof deride.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof deride.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
derideverb (used with object)to laugh at in scorn or contempt; scoff or jeer at; mock.
Example Sentences
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Disney dressed the Angels in uniforms derided by one player as “pinstripe pajamas,” put cheerleaders on the dugout roof, and installed a loud “countdown to first pitch.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
The vote was widely derided by democracy monitors abroad, but China supports it as recreating a semblance of normality, analysts say.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
Many on Wall Street have long derided the retail crowd as “dumb money” — a reputation largely earned during the dot-com bubble, and reinforced during the 2021 meme-stock frenzy.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
Critics and sceptics derided the DUP leader as issuing a hollow warning, but he followed through on the threat six months later.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 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
