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deride Definition

de·ride (di rīd)

transitive verb -·rided, -·rid·ing

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

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

deride Related Forms

de·rider noun de·rid·ingly adverb

deride Synonyms

deride

v.

scoff at, jeer, mock; see ridicule. See syn. study at ridicule.

deride Usage Examples

Object

  • idea: More recently artists derided the ideas from statistical physics and countered by producing " Art of the Absurd " .
  • report: The Guardian's news value was in the headline, ' Experts deride report on crime and moral decline ' .
  • man: Feminism, in its truest form isn't about hating and deriding men, or ruling the world.
  • notion: It is fashionable these days to deride the very notion of Britishness, but the concept has a meaning and has a date.
  • nation: African countries that deride donor nations for attaching conditions to any aid agreements are light years away from reality.
  • people: Just because you are unable to sustain a discussion for more than a paragraph, it is no need to deride people who can.

Subject

  • critic: Derided by the critics, this show has managed to turn their petty words into straw with contemptuous ease.
  • economist: These works were derided by the mainstream economists when given any attention at all.

Preposition: as

sort: The name was derided as the sort of marketing exercise that saw the Russian colony of East Germany called a ` Democratic Republic ' .

Adjective complement

rapid: Don't be intimidated by anyone who derides rapid e-learning as just a cheap and cheerful alternative to paying full whack.

Modifying Another Word

  • universally: Slot machines are universally derided; yet many give a better chance of winning than the Lotto.
  • openly: Equally, only a few months ago, some currency traders were openly deriding the euro.
  • widely: The widely derided exemptions for pubs and clubs must now be dropped from the Health Bill.
  • once: With the recent dollar falls there now exists parity with the once derided euro.
  • often: Not only sobbing, for which he isn't often derided today.
  • much: The subject matter is the much derided coastal landscape of Essex.

Used with why or when

what: I am well aware that there are those who will deride what I have said so far as mere hypothesis or high-sounding sentiment.

Preposition: by

  • critic: Derided by the critics, this show has managed to turn their petty words into straw with contemptuous ease.
  • economist: These works were derided by the mainstream economists when given any attention at all.