DERIDE

deride

(verb) treat or speak of with contempt; “He derided his student’s attempt to solve the biggest problem in mathematics”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

deride (third-person singular simple present derides, present participle deriding, simple past and past participle derided)

(transitive) To harshly mock; ridicule.

Synonyms

• See also ridicule

Anagrams

• Diedre, redied

Source: Wiktionary


De*ride", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Derided; p. pr. & vb. n. Deriding.] Etym: [L. deridere, derisum; de- + rid to laugh. See Ridicule.]

Definition: To laugh at with contempt; to laugh to scorn; to turn to ridicule or make sport of; to mock; to scoff at. And the Pharisees, also, . . . derided him. Luke xvi. 14. Sport that wrinkled Care derides. And Laughter holding both his sides. Milton.

Syn.

– To mock; laugh at; ridicule; insult; taunt; jeer; banter; rally.

– To Deride, Ridicule, Mock, Taunt. A man may ridicule without any unkindness of feeling; his object may be to correct; as, to ridicule the follies of the age. He who derides is actuated by a severe a contemptuous spirit; as, to deride one for his religious principles. To mock is stronger, and denotes open and scornful derision; as, to mock at sin. To taunt is to reproach with the keenest insult; as, to taunt one for his misfortunes. Ridicule consists more in words than in actions; derision and mockery evince themselves in actions as well as words; taunts are always expressed in words of extreme bitterness.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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