has been deriding

• present perfect progressive

  present perfect progressive

  Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.

  of deride (3rd person singular).
  deride

  verb (used with object)

  to laugh at in scorn or contempt; scoff or jeer at; mock.

Related Words

• disdain
• disparage
• mock
• ridicule
• scoff
• scorn
• taunt