deride
to mock or ridicule contemptuously
Word origin: From Latin deridere, to laugh at, from ridere, to laugh.
Deride in a sentence
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Colleagues derided the idea at first, then quietly adopted it.
Reviewers derided the sequel as a hollow imitation of the original.
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The professor's lectures were notoriously blank; students often left more puzzled than when they had arrived, unable to follow his tangled chains of reasoning.
Using “deride” well
Deride means to mock with contempt, pairing with ridicule and scorn. It is harsher than gentle teasing, implying that the target is held in genuine disdain.
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