deriding

Speech parts

1. deriding - Noun

2. deriding - Verb

Meaning

of Deride

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

dismiss mock disdain ridicule insulting condemning mocking joking mockery scorn derision teasing taunting disparage denigrate
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Antonyms

adore respect praise encouraging cleaning approve
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Phrases with the word

act of deriding

Examples

Brehm describes how Colbert walks a tightrope of poking fun without deriding the church he loves. Source: Internet

Divine duly attempted to maintain his favoured status at the War Office by writing to distance himself from the script, in particular deriding the two civilians and the central character, Corporal Binns. Source: Internet

Indeed, 1840 (referred to as the Liederjahr or year of song) is highly significant in Schumann's musical legacy despite his earlier deriding of works for piano and voice as inferior. Source: Internet

Wilson mentions a David Brooks op-ed deriding Snowden for not having gone to the right colleges or institutions to make him behave as he ought. Source: Internet

It includes a caption — not by a Christian, but by someone taunting and deriding Christians and the crucifixions they underwent. Source: Internet

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Close letter words and terms

DeRidder deride derider deridingly DeRienzo derig