deride

To deride is defined as to laugh at or make fun of someone or something.

(verb)

An example of deride is pointing and laughing about someone with toilet paper on their shoe.

See deride in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb derided, deriding

to laugh at in contempt or scorn; make fun of; ridicule

Origin: L deridere < de-, pejorative + ridere, to laugh: see ridicule

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See deride in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb de·rid·ed, de·rid·ing, de·rides

To speak of or treat with contemptuous mirth. See Synonyms at ridicule.

Origin:

Origin: Latin dērīdēre

Origin: : dē-, de-

Origin: + rīdēre, to laugh at

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