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Synonyms and Antonyms of derides
- my brothers derided our efforts, but were forced to eat their words when we won first place
gibes (or jibes), jeers, laughs (at), mocks, ridicules, scouts, shoots down, skewers
scoffs (at), scorns, sneers (at)
bad-mouths, belittles, decries, disparages, pooh-poohs (also poohs), puts down
chaffs, jives, joshes, kids, quizzes, rallies, razzes, ribs, rides, teases, tweaks, twits
baits, barracks [chiefly British], bugs, catcalls, harasses, harries, hassles, heckles, needles, pesters, rags, targets, taunts, torments
apes, burlesques, caricatures, imitates, lampoons, mimics, parodies, parrots, pillories, satirizes, takes off (on), travesties
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