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

Some elite African Americans derided her efforts and called for humility and respectability. — Literary Hub, 27 July 2026

Barnacle said Arrabaca, who repaired Patriot missile systems in the Army from 2001 to 2005, derided ICE with profanities during his arrest. — ABC News, 21 July 2026

The White House last week derided the California rebate initiative. — Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 July 2026

Though much derided in advance, this expansion of the rubric did mean that Cabo Verde swam into our ken. — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 17 July 2026

In the latest salvo in the ongoing public negotiations between Major League Baseball and its players’ union, interim MLBPA chief Bruce Meyer derided a recent advertising campaign for the league’s salary cap proposal. — Andy McCullough, New York Times, 14 July 2026

Once derided as 'Garbage Island’ because of its overflowing landfills, Taiwan has reinvented itself into a global model for green tourism. — Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026

The idea is that Mamdani would win popular support by freezing rents—an idea almost unanimously derided by economists—while simultaneously boosting home-building. — Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic, 6 July 2026

The phrase recalls the socialist Gilded Age mayors whom critics derided as too preoccupied with managing public works projects. — Matt Brown, Fortune, 20 June 2026