as in ridiculing
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 deriding
Clare Malone, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
The aftermath of a Clasico is always about crowning decisive winners and deriding significant losers.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2026
This came after her previous comments deriding many accusers in the wake of the #MeToo movement.
—Lee Smith, CNN Money, 28 Dec. 2025
But not long after a fan Jerry-rigged a tool to get the sneakers down, social media was ablaze with accusations that the designer had given away a pair of fakes, as well as criticism deriding him as a one-trick pony.
—Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 11 Dec. 2025
Verb
Throughout the conflict, The Free Press wrote from an unambiguously pro-Israeli point of view, deriding both pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses and the coverage of the war in mainstream outlets, including this magazine.
—Clare Malone, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
The aftermath of a Clasico is always about crowning decisive winners and deriding significant losers.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2026
This came after her previous comments deriding many accusers in the wake of the #MeToo movement.
—Lee Smith, CNN Money, 28 Dec. 2025
But not long after a fan Jerry-rigged a tool to get the sneakers down, social media was ablaze with accusations that the designer had given away a pair of fakes, as well as criticism deriding him as a one-trick pony.
—Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 11 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deriding
Adjective
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To get a sense of his whole deal, look no further than the half-mocking, half-earnest title of his latest album, Country!—
Jonathan Bernstein,
Rolling Stone,
23 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The temperature is rising in the Warner Bros Discovery chase, with key figures at Netflix and Paramount ridiculing the other companies’ merger proposals.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
23 Jan. 2026
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But mostly, and kind of disturbingly, people enjoyed ridiculing it.—
Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
8 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The revelation quickly made headlines, and the social-media peanut gallery was sharply derisive.—
Emma Sandler,
Vogue,
15 Dec. 2025
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There is nothing quite like experiencing a truly terrible film with a room full of gleefully derisive bad-movie fans.—
Randy McMullen,
Mercury News,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Deriding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deriding. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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