DERIDED Synonyms: 70 Similar and Opposite Words

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

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Recent Examples of derided Secretary of State Marco Rubio derided this last portion of the proposal. —

Ryan Mancini, The Hill, 28 Apr. 2026 King favored a genial, non-confrontational style that critics derided as too easygoing and soft for a news network, but which made his program a natural stop for politicians and entertainers who wanted to make their views known without sparking overt conflict. —

Brian Steinberg, Variety, 17 Apr. 2026 He was derided by fans and became the target of hard slides and cheap shots from opponents. —

Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 15 Apr. 2026 And while Italy is often derided for its dysfunctional government and bureaucratic inertia, the cultural and economic split between the north and south remains stark, with the province of Lombardy alone (of which Milan is the capital) contributing roughly a fifth of the country’s GDP. —

Laura May Todd, Architectural Digest, 14 Apr. 2026 The six-story, 470,000-square-foot building, bordered by Eighth, Ninth, G and H streets, had long been derided by Sacramento Superior Court and city leaders as too obsolete, undersized, and unsafe to conduct court business. —

Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 8 Apr. 2026 If the idea was pitched today, it may have been derided as a cash grab. —

Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 8 Apr. 2026 But such concerns are now often derided in Silicon Valley and in Washington. —

Ronan Farrow, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026 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

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And while that move was ridiculed across baseball at the time, another decision Turner made — far more consequential but no less revolutionary — put his franchise on a trajectory to become one of the most popular in the sport.

— Andrew Greif, NBC news, 6 May 2026
On Thursday, though, Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf – who is leading negotiations for Tehran and has emerged as the key voice of the Iranian government – ridiculed the notion of blockading Iran, pointing to the country’s extensive land and maritime borders.

— Nic Robertson, CNN Money, 1 May 2026