deride
[dih-rahyd]
- to laugh at in scorn or contempt; scoff or jeer at; mock.
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Origin of deride
Synonyms
See more synonyms for deride on Thesaurus.comtaunt, flout, gibe, banter, rally. See ridicule.
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Examples from the Web for deriding
Contemporary Examples
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.
Today 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 WinNoah Kristula-Green
March 21, 2012
During this press conference, Obama added insult to injury by deriding his base as “sanctimonious” for their principles.
And President Bush had more than his fair share of detractors, mocking and deriding him for not focusing on his job.
Historical Examples
She said this with such refined irony that her husband did not detect that she was deriding him.
The Fortune of the RougonsEmile Zola
She broke into a laugh—one of her low, short, deriding laughs.
The Midnight QueenMay Agnes Fleming
She was glamorous with the material elegance that always ended by deriding him.
SacrificeStephen French Whitman
Everybody who had been deriding Sharll Renner were now acclaiming him.
Space VikingHenry Beam Piper
For an instant he imagined her deriding him and revenging herself.
The Landlord at Lion's Head, CompleteWilliam Dean Howells
deride
- (tr) to speak of or treat with contempt, mockery, or ridicule; scoff or jeer at
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Word Origin
C16: from Latin dērīdēre to laugh to scorn, from de- + rīdēre to laugh, smile
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Word Origin and History for deriding
deride
v.
1520s, from Middle French derider, from Latin deridere "to ridicule, laugh to scorn" (see derision). Related: Derided; deriding.
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