deride
verb (used with object)
to laugh at in scorn or contempt; scoff or jeer at; mock.
have derided
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present perfectof deride.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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Indigenous tribes whose ancestral home includes Nevada’s high desert have derided “City,” which includes a land acknowledgment on its website.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 15, 2026
Since as early as the 19th century, critics have derided people who choose not to eat meat as "odd" or even "half-crazed."
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2024
Rival parties, however, have derided the A.N.C. as corrupt and have vowed never to form an alliance with it.
From New York Times ● Jun. 2, 2024
The families of the victims have derided the DPA since it was announced as a sweetheart deal that let Boeing away with a minimal fine.
From Seattle Times ● May 31, 2024
Galton may have derided the “microscope” of experimental geneticists, but the tool was far more powerful than Galton had presumed, for it could penetrate the outer shell of heredity into the mechanism itself.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
