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Webster 1913 Edition

Deride

De-ride′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Derided
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Deriding
.]
[L.
deridere
,
derisum
;
de-
+
rid[GREEK]re
to laugh. See
Ridicule
.]
To laugh at with contempt; to laugh to scorn; to turn to ridicule or make sport of; to mock; to scoff at.
And the Pharisees, also, . . .
derided
him.
Luke xvi. 14.
Syn. – To mock; laugh at; ridicule; insult; taunt; jeer; banter; rally.
– To
Deride
,
Ridicule
,
Mock
,
Taunt
. A man may ridicule without any unkindness of feeling; his object may be to correct;
as, to
ridicule
the follies of the age
. He who derides is actuated by a severe a contemptuous spirit;
as, to
deride
one for his religious principles
. To mock is stronger, and denotes open and scornful derision;
as, to
mock
at sin
. To taunt is to reproach with the keenest insult;
as, to
taunt
one for his misfortunes
. Ridicule consists more in words than in actions; derision and mockery evince themselves in actions as well as words; taunts are always expressed in words of extreme bitterness.

Webster 1828 Edition

Deride

DERIDE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. To laugh.] To laugh at in contempt; to turn to ridicule or make sport of; to mock; to treat with scorn by laughter.
The Pharisees also-derided him. Luke 16.
Some, who adore Newton for his fluxions, deride him for his religion.

Definition 2025

déride

déride

See also: deride and déridé

French

Verb

déride

  1. first-person singular present indicative of dérider
  2. third-person singular present indicative of dérider
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of dérider
  4. first-person singular present subjunctive of dérider
  5. second-person singular imperative of dérider

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