derides

present tense third-person singular of deride

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Verb
  • Wednesday ridicules Pugsley for making a zombie.
    Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • This is why Dijon’s language works best as sound, not narrative—his rangy, raspy voice seethes and triumphs, mocks and threatens; there’s no world in which his polygonal perspective can be discerned from a lyric sheet.
    Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2025
  • After being told that Dawn is dead, Gaal mocks Demerzel for pretending to grieve, which angers the robot.
    Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2025
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“Derides.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/derides. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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