Deride
[dɪ'raɪd]
Definition
(verb.) treat or speak of with contempt; 'He derided his student's attempt to solve the biggest problem in mathematics'.
Typist: Vance--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To laugh at with contempt; to laugh to scorn; to turn to ridicule or make sport of; to mock; to scoff at.
Editor: Nell
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Ridicule (contemptuously or maliciously), mock, scout, satirize, lampoon, jeer, taunt, chaff, scoff at, jeer at, laugh at, make fun of, make sport of, make game of, turn to ridicule, hold up to ridicule, make a butt of, make merry with, POKE FUN AT.
Inputed by Ethel
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See DERISION]
SYN:Determine, fix, settle, adjudicate, terminate, resolve
ANT:Waver, raise, moot, drop, doubt, waive, suspend, misjudge, misdetermine
Checker: Scott
Definition
v.t. to laugh at: to mock.—n. Derid′er.—adj. Derid′ingly.
Checker: Stella
Examples
- Old-fashioned New York dined at seven, and the habit of after-dinner calls, though derided in Archer's set, still generally prevailed. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- His proposition was derided in the technical press of the period, both at home and abroad. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The redundancy of his alertness was half-vexing, half-ludicrous: in my mind I both disapproved and derided most of this fuss. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
Edited by Cary