deride
to laugh at in scorn or contempt; scoff or jeer at; mock.
Origin of deride
1synonym study For deride
Other words for deride
Other words from deride
- de·rid·er, noun
- de·rid·ing·ly, adverb
- o·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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How to use deride in a sentence
QAnon adherents used the Internet to organize into their own communities, ones in which their interest in Q wasn’t mocked or derided.
The Republican Party tries to figure out the path forward | Philip Bump | February 2, 2021 | Washington PostSheehan was buffeted by editors who found him too slow in churning out stories, generals who labeled him a liar, and politicians and other critics who derided his work as unpatriotic, even detrimental to national security.
Neil Sheehan, N.Y. Times reporter who obtained Pentagon Papers and chronicled ‘Bright Shining Lie’ of Vietnam, dies at 84 | Harrison Smith | January 7, 2021 | Washington PostMore recent discoveries, however, make an overwhelmingly strong case that new genes are evolving routinely in the stretches of the genome often derided as “junk DNA.”
The association fueled Xiaomi hype—the now public company was the world’s most valuable private startup in 2016—but it annoyed designers in Cupertino who derided Xiaomi’s handsets as cheap iPhone wannabes.
How Chinese phonemaker Xiaomi conquered India—and outperformed Apple | eamonbarrett | December 3, 2020 | FortuneJust talk to the marketing team at Gap, which was widely derided on Twitter last week.
‘Emotions are so heightened’: Why the election fallout hammers home the need for marketers to act responsibly | Lara O'Reilly | November 9, 2020 | Digiday
He focused on Iran's new president, Hassan Rouhani, deriding the moderate cleric, again, as a "wolf in sheep's clothing."
Shapiro has another post today deriding Friedman, and not addressing the veracity of the "Friends of Hamas" claim.
And he loves deriding his critics for not understanding it as well as he does.
Netanyahu Falsely Likens Israeli-Iranian Relations to the Cold War | Peter Beinart | September 28, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTToday we asked whether Ron Paul deriding Secret Service protection as "welfare" was gimmicky or insightful.
Poll Results: Ron Paul Has No Secret Service Protection Because He Can't Win | Noah Kristula-Green | March 21, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTDuring this press conference, Obama added insult to injury by deriding his base as “sanctimonious” for their principles.
The humorist and satirist lost no opportunity of deriding the new fashion and its followers.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.Here am I, who turn up my nose at the popular gods, deriding my own private and particular gods in their very temples!
The Daughters of Danaus | Mona CairdHis life is spent in idleness, merely observing the sayings and doings of the gods, and then censuring and deriding them.
The Mysteries of All Nations | James GrantWhen he wished to sleep he was instructed how to fold up his clothes and set out his boots; the other boys deriding.
Kim | Rudyard KiplingLike most grossly superstitious folk, the Kamboh could not keep his tongue from deriding his Church.
Kim | Rudyard Kipling
British Dictionary definitions for deride
/ (dɪˈraɪd) /
(tr) to speak of or treat with contempt, mockery, or ridicule; scoff or jeer at
Origin of deride
1Derived forms of deride
- derider, noun
- deridingly, adverb
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