deride
verb | /deride/
to express contempt for; to ridicule or mock
deride
verb | /deride/
Advanced WordsEASYto express contempt for; to ridicule or mock
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Examples
"Critics derided the new policy as ineffective."
"She derided his attempts at poetry as childish."
Mnemonic Trick
Deride = De (down) + Ride (laugh at) → laugh at mockingly.
Etymology
From Latin deridere = to laugh at
used for mocking ridicule
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