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Definition of Deride
1. Verb. Treat or speak of with contempt. "He derided his student's attempt to solve the biggest problem in mathematics"
Specialized synonyms: Catcall
Derivative terms: Derision, Derision, Derisive, Derisory
Definition of Deride
1. v. t. To laugh at with contempt; to laugh to scorn; to turn to ridicule or make sport of; to mock; to scoff at.
Definition of Deride
1. Verb. (transitive) To harshly mock; ridicule. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Deride
1. to ridicule [v -RIDED, -RIDING, -RIDES] - See also: ridicule
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deride
Literary usage of Deride
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The pilgrim's progress from this world to that which is to come by John Bunyan (1838)
"Tis like those days wherein the young ones cry'd, Hosanna! when the old ones did
deride. Nest tell them of old Honest, whom you found With his white hairs, ..."
2. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptomes by Robert Burton (1838)
"Thus not acknowledging our own errors and imperfections, we securely deride
others, as if we alone were free, and spectators of the rest, accounting it an ..."
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