deride
verb (used with object)
to laugh at in scorn or contempt; scoff or jeer at; mock.
derides
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present tense formof deride (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Among the low performers are one that he derides as packed with tourists, another "with barking dogs," and a third he says is "quiet but with no one to talk to."
From Barron's ● Mar. 8, 2026
The American Mini Pig Association derides the use of terms like “teacup” as misleading and discourages promises of adult pigs under 75 pounds in its code of ethics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2026
With searing yet quiet familiarity, Victor derides the way trauma is handled with callous frigidity.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2025
He also derides their former classmates with gusto: ”It’s funny that no one other than us is successful, isn’t it?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2025
To the same tune the aquiline in his own nose heroically derides the slightly relaxed line of that feature; and our brother Wilky's want of physical "depth" is a glance at a different proportion.
From Notes of a Son and Brother by Henry James
