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Definition of deride
derided
;deriding
transitive verb
1 : to laugh at or insult contemptuously got derided by a carnival clown
2 : to subject to usually bitter or contemptuous ridicule or criticism politicians deriding their opponents : to express a lack of respect or approval of were derided as the weaker sex
derider
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Examples of deride in a Sentence
my brothers derided our efforts, but were forced to eat their words when we won first place
Recent Examples of deride from the Web
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Meanwhile, Democrats derided the event as the height of hypocrisy, given the fact that Trump companies feature numerous items made overseas, from dress ties to golf shirts.
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Americans mocked the purchase as little more than a frozen wasteland and derided Seward.
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Kılıçdaroğlu derides the state of emergency as a second – successful – coup against the Turkish people.
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However, on Twitter, Aleks Gostev, Chief Security Expert at Kaspersky, derided Sheheen's statement and compared it to the senator's previous change of opinion on the Iraq War over a decade ago.
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Within hours of posting my video, someone put my belief to the test: a user identifying herself only as Some Dumb American hacked apart my initial video in order to deride, criticize, and diminish its message — and, by extension, me.
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Christie has defended himself and derided the photos, even as the images drew widespread derision and a rebuke from Christie’s running mate.
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Ice Cube derided last weekend’s officiating, and this week’s free throw numbers spiked.
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Friends, neighbors and even family members may deride them as annoba—
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Did You Know?
When deride was borrowed into English in the 16th century, it came to us by combining the prefix de- with ridēre, a Latin verb meaning "to laugh." Ridēre is also the ancestor of the English words risible ("laughable") and ridiculous. Of course, English has a number of words meaning "to laugh at unkindly"; in addition to deride, we have ridicule, mock, and taunt. Deride suggests laughter loaded with contemptuousness or bitterness, whereas ridicule implies a deliberate often malicious belittling ("consistently ridiculed everything she said"). Mock implies scorn often ironically expressed by mimicry or sham deference ("mocking the speaker's impassioned tones"). Taunt suggests jeeringly provoking insult or challenge ("hometown fans taunted the visiting team").
Origin and Etymology of deride
Latin deridēre, from de- + ridēre to laugh
Synonym Discussion of deride
DERIDE Defined for English Language Learners
deride
playDefinition of deride for English Language Learners
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: to talk or write about (someone or something) in a very critical or insulting way : to say that (someone or something) is ridiculous or has no value
DERIDE Defined for Kids
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