Synonyms of deride

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verb (1)

as in to ridicule

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ridicule
• mock
• jeer
• taunt
• tease
• jibe
• gibe
• laugh (at)
• parody
• make fun of
• scout
• imitate
• poke fun at
• disparage
• rag on
• make sport of
• skewer
• shoot down
• belittle
• harass
• decry
• scorn
• torment
• cock snooks (at)
• target
• cock a snook (at)
• scoff (at)
• pooh-pooh
• bad-mouth
• satirize
• mimic
• sneer (at)
• pester
• pooh
• heckle
• lampoon
• rag
• razz
• twit
• tweak
• rally
• caricature
• ride
• bait
• pillory
• jive
• needle
• rib
• ape
• kid
• bug
• put down
• take off (on)
• quiz
• parrot
• chaff
• harry
• josh
• catcall
• burlesque
• hassle
• travesty
• barrack

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• approve
• endorse
• commend
• applaud
• indorse
• sanction

deriding

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adjective

as in mocking

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mocking
• ridiculing
• derisive
• baiting
• taunting
• heckling
• needling
• jeering
• derisory
• hassling
• sarcastic
• scornful
• contemptuous
• bandying
• joking
• quipping
• rallying
• kidding
• bantering
• razzing
• fooling
• disdainful
• jesting
• quizzical
• joshing
• ribbing
• funning
• chaffing

deriding

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verb (2)

present participle of deride

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ridiculing
• mocking
• taunting
• jeering
• teasing
• parodying
• skewering
• scouting
• gibing
• laughing (at)
• jibing
• making fun of
• poking fun at
• imitating
• making sport of
• ragging on
• disparaging
• harassing
• scorning
• tormenting
• shooting down
• belittling
• decrying
• targeting
• cocking snooks (at)
• cocking a snook (at)
• mimicking
• sneering (at)
• razzing
• satirizing
• caricaturing
• scoffing (at)
• quizzing
• pestering
• bad-mouthing
• lampooning
• baiting
• twitting
• aping
• parroting
• pooh-poohing
• riding
• pillorying
• heckling
• kidding
• rallying
• ribbing
• poohing
• ragging
• joshing
• harrying
• jiving
• hassling
• tweaking
• bugging
• needling
• burlesquing
• chaffing
• taking off (on)
• catcalling
• barracking
• putting down
• travestying

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• approving
• endorsing
• commending
• applauding
• sanctioning
• indorsing