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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 contemptplay

  Familiarity information: DERIDE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DERIDE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they deride  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it derides  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: derided  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: derided  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: deriding  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


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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