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
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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 deride
Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 21 Apr. 2025
Scientists have derided the move as a foolish and likely ineffective diversion of resources in the face of a serious and deadly threat — and one that is unnecessary, given the effectiveness of the measles vaccine.
—Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2025
The move was derided by many Democrats as helping President Donald Trump and the Republican Party, leading some on the Left to suggest that his time to step down had come.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 24 Apr. 2025
The news that the Trump administration was considering slashing the levies was largely derided on Chinese social media, where users poked fun at the US leader in a surge of national pride.
—Juliana Liu, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2025
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Verb
The Miz, often derided as a wrestler for his flamboyant and grating onscreen personality, is few people’s idea of a WrestleMania main-event talent, so his win makes the 27th event stand out as kind of an oddity.
—Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 21 Apr. 2025
Scientists have derided the move as a foolish and likely ineffective diversion of resources in the face of a serious and deadly threat — and one that is unnecessary, given the effectiveness of the measles vaccine.
—Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2025
The move was derided by many Democrats as helping President Donald Trump and the Republican Party, leading some on the Left to suggest that his time to step down had come.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 24 Apr. 2025
The news that the Trump administration was considering slashing the levies was largely derided on Chinese social media, where users poked fun at the US leader in a surge of national pride.
—Juliana Liu, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deride
derisive
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The movie was met with stone silence for most of the running time, eventually turning to derisive laughter.—
Jordan Hoffman,
EW.com,
15 May 2025
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Yet their box-office take was negligible, and many reviews were not just negative but derisive.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
13 Jan. 2025
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“Deride.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deride. Accessed 30 May. 2025.
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