deride
verb (used with object)
to laugh at in scorn or contempt; scoff or jeer at; mock.
has derided
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present perfectof deride (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Kevin O’Leary, the Canadian-born entrepreneur of “Shark Tank” fame, has derided altcoins as “poo-poo coins” in recent interviews — and he doubled down on those comments when speaking with MarketWatch this week.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 23, 2026
In October, Texas troubadour Charley Crockett, who has derided the trap-inflected “bro country” coming out of Nashville, played a solo set at Lucinda’s before moving uptown for a three-night residency at Café Carlyle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025
The agency estimated Musk saved an estimated $150 million from unsuspecting investors unaware of this as he built up his stake in the company he ultimately acquired and renamed X. Musk has derided the suit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2025
And for more than six decades in New York real estate, there's no figure Mr Trump has derided more than the "loser".
From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2024
Do we think less of "Paradise Lost," and Shakspeare, because Cobbett has derided both, or of the Old and New Testaments, because Paine has subjected parts of them to his clumsy satire?
From Poetical Works of Akenside by George Gilfillan
