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
Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026
Dontzig and Peterman co-wrote 25 episodes of Murphy Brown including its landmark Season 5 opener — a response to then-Vice President Dan Quayle’s remarks deriding the lead character’s decision to have a baby as a single woman.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 4 Mar. 2026
Trump was explicit about his reasons for sabotaging the monumental project by October, deriding it as a favorite of New York Democrat and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 4 Feb. 2026
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
Verb
News of the concert comes on the heels of a tumultuous few years for Ye, once a titan of the genre, who has since become better known for public outbursts on social media deriding both Jewish and Black people.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026
Dontzig and Peterman co-wrote 25 episodes of Murphy Brown including its landmark Season 5 opener — a response to then-Vice President Dan Quayle’s remarks deriding the lead character’s decision to have a baby as a single woman.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 4 Mar. 2026
Trump was explicit about his reasons for sabotaging the monumental project by October, deriding it as a favorite of New York Democrat and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 4 Feb. 2026
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 political rhetoric aimed at ridiculing Canada bothers Johnson.—
Jeanne Bonner,
CNN Money,
16 Mar. 2026
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Other potential candidates, such as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Gavin Newsom, have achieved fame by berating and ridiculing the other side.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
3 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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But this time, American allies have balked at Trump’s request to send warships to help transport oil through the strait, suggesting there is a limit to how far Europe will go to keep Trump onside in Ukraine and demonstrating the upshot of Trump’s derisive attitude toward alliances.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN Money,
16 Mar. 2026
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The market learned a lesson embodied in the derisive acronym TACO: Trump Always Chickens Out.—
Matt Peterson,
CNBC,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Deriding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deriding. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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