Synonyms of derided

derided

verb

past tense of deride

as in ridiculed

to make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter

my brothers derided our efforts, but were forced to eat their words when we won first place

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ridiculed
• mocked
• jeered
• taunted
• teased
• gibed
• parodied
• laughed (at)
• scouted
• skewered
• made fun of
• made sport of
• disparaged
• shot down
• poked fun at
• imitated
• scorned
• belittled
• harassed
• tormented
• decried
• cocked snooks (at)
• ragged on
• targeted
• cocked a snook (at)
• sneered (at)
• caricatured
• pilloried
• lampooned
• razzed
• satirized
• scoffed (at)
• heckled
• quizzed
• pooh-poohed
• pestered
• twitted
• parroted
• ragged
• mimicked
• aped
• ribbed
• bad-mouthed
• kidded
• burlesqued
• rode
• rallied
• joshed
• baited
• chaffed
• travestied
• tweaked
• needled
• harried
• bugged
• hassled
• took off (on)
• put down
• jived
• catcalled
• barracked

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• approved
• endorsed
• commended
• sanctioned
• applauded

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of derided

The number was almost universally derided at the time and some say the San Francisco aesthetic of the show was misunderstood. —Culture Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Mar. 2026

Teachers unions, long derided by conservatives as one of the primary vectors of left-wing ideology into public education, have significant influence over the MSBA. —Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 9 Mar. 2026

Bev had seemed to flinch whenever Margot derided their husbands. —Shafiq Najib, ABC News, 3 Mar. 2026

Former Liverpool captain Alan Hansen was derided for saying that about Manchester United at the start of the 1995-96 season, which would end with Gary Neville, Nicky Butt, David Beckham and Paul Scholes (all 21) and Phil Neville (19) all clutching Premier League and FA Cup winners’ medals. —Oliver Kay, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2026

At the congress, Kim derided liberal South Korean President Lee Jae Myung's calls for engagement as a deception, accusing successive governments in Seoul of seeking Pyongyang's collapse. —Arkansas Online, 27 Feb. 2026

With tears and fragments of personal narratives, this footage often digs deeper than some might expect for a sport derided as the domain of adrenaline junkies indifferent to the law. —Maya Silver, Outside, 25 Feb. 2026

Good, like Liuzzo, was also derided as a race traitor, somehow betraying white Americans by supporting nonwhites. —Aniko Bodroghkozy, The Conversation, 24 Feb. 2026

Fans derided Linda and Yoko all through the 1970s, in ugly ways that bordered on misogyny and often crossed right over. —Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 24 Feb. 2026