Derided
[dɪ'raɪdid]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Deride
Checker: Velma
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.
Checker: Velma