deride
verb (used with object)
to laugh at in scorn or contempt; scoff or jeer at; mock.
will deride
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future tenseof deride.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Emilia, by contrast, is a strikingly modern figure in her cynical assessments of the hypocrisy of a culture that will deride women for sexual behavior that wouldn’t be censured in men.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026
"Instead of bewailing us, they will deride us," exclaimed Schill; "instead of weeping with us, they will revile us!"
From Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia by F. Jordan
Let who will deride us, but let us prepare.
From Principles of Freedom by Terence J. (Terence Joseph) MacSwiney
Much of beauty and pathetic quaintness there is in this strong religious sentiment, which no thinking observer will deride; much of retrograde ignorance, which he will lament to see.
From Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development by Martin Hume
They will deride the cherubim and the seraphim, but they will not risk offending the demon to whom they throw an oblation of the salt they have just spilt on the table.
From The Book of This and That by Robert Lynd
