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(dɪraɪd)
Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense derides, present participle deriding, past tense, past participle derided
verb
If you deride someone or something, you say that they are stupid or have no value.
[formal]
Opposition MPs derided the Government's response to the crisis. [VERB noun]
This theory is widely derided by conventional scientists. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: mock, ridicule, scorn, knock [informal] More Synonyms of deride

deride in British English

(dɪˈraɪd)
verb
(transitive)
to speak of or treat with contempt, mockery, or ridicule; scoff or jeer at
Derived forms
derider (deˈrider)
noun
deridingly (deˈridingly)
adverb
Word origin
C16: from Latin dērīdēre to laugh to scorn, from de- + rīdēre to laugh, smile

deride in American English

(dɪˈraɪd)
verb transitiveWord forms: deˈrided or deˈriding
to laugh at in contempt or scorn; make fun of; ridicule
SIMILAR WORDS:  ˈridiˌcule
Derived forms
derider (deˈrider)
noun
deridingly (deˈridingly)
adverb
Word origin
L deridere < de-, pejorative + ridere, to laugh: see ridicule

Examples of 'deride' in a sentence
deride

Those much derided experts have done rather a good job.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
But economists and online critics derided the number as a political confection.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
This comment was much derided at the time.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Some of those much derided national champions are making decent profits.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Many masterpieces have been considered horrid at some stage and bad art has often been derided as room decoration.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
 Often derided as mere populism, storytelling and suspense are rare and precious gifts.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Numerous critics have derided the act as one-sided.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It risks being widely derided too, and by its own people.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The British stiff upper lip is much derided now.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
 Much derided, but with an unenviable job.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Victorian critics derided its vulgarity.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
 Critics derided the plot locations.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
They are often derided as immoral fat cats, but it seems that investment bankers have discovered an ethical red line they will not cross.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Pop music, often dismissed and derided as lightweight, had changed the world.
The Sun (2010)
 Critics have derided the idea, pointing out that 240,000 homes a year are required.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Had they told anyone of these omens, of course, they would have been widely derided.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The domestic season is likely to feature the sort of two-horse race for which Scottish football is so often derided.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
So the fact that he headed the much derided London Underground must still carry with it a little sting of regret.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The notion that bankers should have to swear an oath of ethical conduct, pledging to do no wrong, has been much derided.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Troops were given a pay rise this year of just 2.6 per cent - widely derided as nowhere near enough to stop a mass exodus.
The Sun (2008)
THE sight of a great ship on its side throws a whole new perspective on a topic that is often derided as deeply tedious: safety at work.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)

In other languages
deride

British English: deride VERB
If you deride someone or something, you say that they are stupid or have no value.
Critics derided the move as too little, too late.
  • American English: deride
  • Brazilian Portuguese: ridicularizar
  • Chinese: 嘲笑
  • European Spanish: ridiculizar
  • French: railler
  • German: verspotten
  • Italian: deridere
  • Japanese: あざける
  • Korean: 조롱하다
  • European Portuguese: ridicularizar
  • Latin American Spanish: ridiculizar

(verb) 
Definition
to speak of or treat with contempt or ridicule
This theory is widely derided by conventional scientists.
Synonyms
mock
I thought you were mocking me.
ridicule
I admire her for allowing them to ridicule her.
scorn
people who scorned traditional methods
People scorn me as a single parent.
knock (informal)
insult
taunt
Other youths taunted him about his clothes.
sneer
There is too great a readiness to sneer at anything they do.
jeer
His motorcade was jeered by angry residents.
disdain
a political leader who disdained the compromises of politics
scoff
At first I scoffed at the notion.
detract
flout
illegal campers who persist in flouting the law
disparage
his tendency to disparage literature
chaff
gibe
take the piss out of (taboo, slang)
pooh-pooh
Some people pooh-pooh the idea that gardens can be an art form.
contemn

Additional synonyms

in the sense of chaff
Definition
to tease good-naturedly
Synonyms
tease,
mock,
rib (informal),
ridicule,
taunt,
jeer,
josh (slang, US, Canadian),
scoff,
banter,
deride,
take the piss out of (taboo, slang)
in the sense of disdain
Definition
to refuse or reject with disdain
a political leader who disdained the compromises of politics
Synonyms
scorn,
reject,
despise,
slight,
disregard,
spurn,
undervalue,
deride,
look down on,
belittle,
sneer at,
pooh-pooh,
contemn,
look down your nose at (informal),
misprize
in the sense of disparage
Definition
to speak contemptuously of
his tendency to disparage literature
Synonyms
run down,
dismiss,
put down,
criticize,
underestimate,
discredit,
ridicule,
scorn,
minimize,
disdain,
undervalue,
deride,
slag (off) (slang),
knock (informal),
blast,
flame (informal),
rubbish (informal),
malign,
detract from,
denigrate,
belittle,
decry,
underrate,
vilify,
slander,
deprecate,
tear into (informal),
diss (slang),
throw shade (at) (slang),
defame,
bad-mouth (slang),
lambast(e),
traduce (formal),
derogate,
asperse

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