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
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Recent Examples of derided
On the political right, the term is often condemned or derided.
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Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Cuomo mocks Mamdani’s thin resume, just as Republicans derided Obama’s qualifications.
—Ben Adler, USA Today, 2 Nov. 2025
Given the ubiquity of stories and humanity’s vulnerability to them, citizens today would be wise to practice the skills of literary analysis, the very techniques routinely derided and devalued in a world committed to technology and tribalism.
—Elizabeth D. Samet, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2025
Taibleson defended her conservative credentials during her confirmation hearing, and both Democratic and Republican senators derided the opposition campaign.
—Lawrence Andrea, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Wall-to-wall carpet has long been derided as suburban and dated.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Oct. 2025
Some critics have derided the club as a personal playpen for the rich white guys on the board.
—Paul Liberatore, Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2025
Parmenter said the other student, also 11, used transphobic slurs during the attack and derided his child’s identity.
—Samantha Riedel, Them., 10 Oct. 2025
In practice, despite his rhetoric, Israel’s longest serving prime minister’s security policy was widely seen as cautious and relatively restrained, even derided as cowardly by political rivals, who also mocked his inability to make decisive moves.
—Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Cuomo mocks Mamdani’s thin resume, just as Republicans derided Obama’s qualifications.
—Ben Adler, USA Today, 2 Nov. 2025
Given the ubiquity of stories and humanity’s vulnerability to them, citizens today would be wise to practice the skills of literary analysis, the very techniques routinely derided and devalued in a world committed to technology and tribalism.
—Elizabeth D. Samet, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2025
Taibleson defended her conservative credentials during her confirmation hearing, and both Democratic and Republican senators derided the opposition campaign.
—Lawrence Andrea, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Wall-to-wall carpet has long been derided as suburban and dated.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Oct. 2025
Some critics have derided the club as a personal playpen for the rich white guys on the board.
—Paul Liberatore, Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2025
Parmenter said the other student, also 11, used transphobic slurs during the attack and derided his child’s identity.
—Samantha Riedel, Them., 10 Oct. 2025
In practice, despite his rhetoric, Israel’s longest serving prime minister’s security policy was widely seen as cautious and relatively restrained, even derided as cowardly by political rivals, who also mocked his inability to make decisive moves.
—Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for derided
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Fear of being outed or being suspected or being made fun of, ridiculed, losing your standing.—
Abbey White,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Nov. 2025
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Democrats ridiculed Vance’s performance.—
Daniel Bush,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Nov. 2025
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In another photo obtained by TMZ, Matthews also mocked Perry’s headline-making photo of her kissing the ground following her return to Earth.—
Jason Pham,
StyleCaster,
10 Nov. 2025
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Elites stirred up a now familiar moral panic about commerce corrupting letters and mocked Grub Street even as its writers built the first modern freelance economy and mass-print culture.—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
8 Nov. 2025
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