deride
verb /dɪˈraɪd/
/dɪˈraɪd/
[often passive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they deride | /dɪˈraɪd/ /dɪˈraɪd/ |
| he / she / it derides | /dɪˈraɪdz/ /dɪˈraɪdz/ |
| past simple derided | /dɪˈraɪdɪd/ /dɪˈraɪdɪd/ |
| past participle derided | /dɪˈraɪdɪd/ /dɪˈraɪdɪd/ |
| -ing form deriding | /dɪˈraɪdɪŋ/ /dɪˈraɪdɪŋ/ |
- to treat somebody/something as silly and not worth considering seriously synonym mock
- be derided (as something) His views were derided as old-fashioned.
- be derided by somebody The play was derided by the critics.
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin deridere ‘scoff at’.