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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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And that is exactly what makes Tanden’s transformation into one of the country’s most widely derided Twitter pundits so bizarre.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026

Even the derided half-and-half scarves were doing a roaring trade, until it was noticed the sky blue half read: 'Shamchester City - The Cheats'.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 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

UAW President Shawn Fain derided the unprecedented offer, calling it an effort to avoid the regular collective bargaining process.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

Galton may have derided the “microscope” of experimental geneticists, but the tool was far more powerful than Galton had presumed, for it could penetrate the outer shell of heredity into the mechanism itself.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee