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
It was as if it were deriding the peasant for his slowness.
From Jerusalem by Velma Swanston Howard
Kirkwood's companions were deriding him as a recreant sportsman.
From In Exile and Other Stories by Mary Hallock Foote
And when all admired at them, one with a smile said, These are worthy the late thunder, as it were deriding those who imagine mushrooms are produced by thunder.
From Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies by Plutarch
