as in to ridicule
to make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter
my brothers derided our efforts, but were forced to eat their words when we won first place
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Recent Examples of deride
Now the state is often derided as a place where nothing can get done, a reputation symbolized by its high-speed rail project, which is much delayed and over budget, Sramek said.
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 18 July 2025
Florida airports soon must submit monthly reports on weather modification activities or face the loss of state funding under a controversial new law derided by critics as fueling conspiracy theories.
—Skyler Swisher, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 July 2025
This film is widely derided today for its casting of Shaquille O’Neal as the hero, but Shaq, while wooden and cheesy, at least has enough natural charisma to escape mostly unscathed.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 11 July 2025
These critics deride the university system as being obsolete and ill-matched to the needs of our modern society.
—Adia Harvey Wingfield, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 18 July 2025
Florida airports soon must submit monthly reports on weather modification activities or face the loss of state funding under a controversial new law derided by critics as fueling conspiracy theories.
—Skyler Swisher, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 July 2025
This film is widely derided today for its casting of Shaquille O’Neal as the hero, but Shaq, while wooden and cheesy, at least has enough natural charisma to escape mostly unscathed.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 11 July 2025
These critics deride the university system as being obsolete and ill-matched to the needs of our modern society.
—Adia Harvey Wingfield, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deride
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From the earliest days of Greek drama Herakles is ridiculed for his brutish way of eating his food, his preference for a good meal versus a good woman and, in Aristophanes’s The Bird, even his reluctance to leave a barbecue in order to help save his own father.—
John Mariani,
Forbes.com,
25 July 2025
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That audio clip has been shared some 60,000 times on TikTok, often by Venezuelans ridiculing the notion that everybody from their country is a gangster.—
ProPublica,
ProPublica,
23 July 2025
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When the Tea app breach occurred, social media users relished in mocking and threatening the safety of the women whose personal information had been leaked.—
Alana Wise,
NPR,
2 Aug. 2025
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The first end credits scene gives a big nod to the end credits of the Police Squad! series, which mocked freeze-frame endings of sitcoms at the time.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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“Deride.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deride. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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