deride
verb (used with object)
to laugh at in scorn or contempt; scoff or jeer at; mock.
were deriding
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past progressiveof deride.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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The Washington Post reported in February that some Brits were deriding the Pfizer vaccine as “the posh one” as opposed to “the English one.”
From Slate ● Apr. 17, 2021
They complained about the people in town who were deriding them for walking out.
From Washington Post
Kirkwood's companions were deriding him as a recreant sportsman.
From In Exile and Other Stories by Mary Hallock Foote
It was as if it were deriding the peasant for his slowness.
From Jerusalem by Velma Swanston Howard
We used to feel terribly sorry for her, even while we were deriding her for the fool she had made of herself in marrying him.
From A Fool and His Money by George Barr McCutcheon
