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
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.
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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
But that excuse was roundly derided, given that CBS owner Paramount Global was in the process of being acquired by Skydance, and needed government approval from an administration that has frequently demanded quid pro quos.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 6 Apr. 2026
Trump has derided climate change as a hoax for many years.
—James Speyer, New York Daily News, 4 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
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
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
But that excuse was roundly derided, given that CBS owner Paramount Global was in the process of being acquired by Skydance, and needed government approval from an administration that has frequently demanded quid pro quos.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 6 Apr. 2026
Trump has derided climate change as a hoax for many years.
—James Speyer, New York Daily News, 4 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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for derided
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Bondi was ridiculed over a move to hand out binders of Epstein files to conservative influencers at the White House, only for it to be later revealed that the documents included no new revelations.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
3 Apr. 2026
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Bondi was ridiculed over a move to hand out binders of Epstein files to conservative influencers at the White House only for it to be later revealed that the documents included no new revelations.—
Michelle L. Price,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2026
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But many other comments mocked the shop along with its presidential namesake, with a few detractors posting memes of tearful snowflakes topped with red MAGA hats.—
Angie Leventis Lourgos,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2026
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One of the earliest of American masculinity influencers was President Theodore Roosevelt, who touted his own transformation from a timid, effeminate man – local presses mocked him in his early career – to a rugged outdoorsman.—
Miriam Eve Mora,
The Conversation,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Derided.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/derided. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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