deride

Verb

Meaning

To laugh at with contempt; to laugh to scorn; to turn to ridicule or make sport of; to mock; to scoff at.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

insult mock ridicule taunt banter jeer laugh at josh pooh snipe lampoon twit guy kid pan
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Antonyms

marvel revere support thank adore respect
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Hypernyms

mock bemock

Hyponyms

catcall

Related terms

ridiculous ridicule derision derisive risible ridiculosity

Phrases with the word

to deride

Derivatives

derided deriding

Anagrams

diedre

Examples

The truth is incontrovertible, malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end; there it is. Winston Churchill

A man's subconscious self is not the ideal companion. It lurks for the greater part of his life in some dark den of its own, hidden away, and emerges only to taunt and deride and increase the misery of a miserable hour. P. G. Wodehouse

Men standing in opposite hemispheres will converse and deride each other and embrace each other, and understand each other's language. Leonardo da Vinci

People who pride themselves on their "complexity" and deride others for being "simplistic" should realize that the truth is often not very complicated. What gets complex is evading the truth. Thomas Sowell

The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. Most people, sometime in their lives, stumble across truth. Most jump up, brush themselves off, and hurry on about their business, as if nothing happened. Winston Churchill

Do not deride someone's faith simply because you do not share it, Lord Cladent," Sazed said quietly. Brandon Sanderson

Close letter words and terms

Derico deridable DeRidder derider deriding deridingly