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DERIDE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does deride mean?
• DERIDE (verb)
The verb DERIDE has 1 sense:
1. treat or speak of with contempt
Familiarity information: DERIDE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Conjugation: |
Past simple: derided
Past participle: derided
-ing form: deriding
Sense 1
Meaning:
Treat or speak of with contempt
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context example:
He derided his student's attempt to solve the biggest problem in mathematics
Hypernyms (to "deride" is one way to...):
bemock; mock (treat with contempt)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "deride"):
catcall (utter catcalls at)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
derision (the act of deriding or treating with contempt)
derision (contemptuous laughter)
derisive (abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule)
derisory (so unreasonable as to invite derision)
Context examples
And now, you who have so long been bound to the most narrow and material views, you who have denied the virtue of transcendental medicine, you who have derided your superiors—behold!
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
His machine-made storiettes, though he hated them and derided them, were successful.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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