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Grammar : Verb
Spell : dih-rahyd
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈraɪd



Definition of deride

Origin :
  • 1520s, from Middle French derider, from Latin deridere "to ridicule, laugh to scorn" (see derision). Related: Derided; deriding.
  • verb make fun of; insult
Example sentences :
  • "Deride the agonies of Gian Maria," answered Francesco, with a laugh.
  • Extract from : « Love-at-Arms » by Raphael Sabatini
  • Ye who pray for what God in His infinite mercy has granted, do ye mock and deride Him?
  • Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill
  • They fear the world will mock them and deride When they are stripped of all their golden state.
  • Extract from : « The Inn of Dreams » by Olive Custance
  • Therefore we should not deride the man who writes himself Smythe.
  • Extract from : « The Romance of Names » by Ernest Weekley
  • They taunt and deride him, whereof three samples are again given.
  • Extract from : « Homer's Odyssey » by Denton J. Snider
  • Standing outside, we deride or oppose it, or at the most feel sentimental.
  • Extract from : « A Room With A View » by E. M. Forster
  • You will, no doubt, deride it as practical, but to my mind it is very much to the point.
  • Extract from : « The Inside of the Cup, Complete » by Winston Churchill
  • This was rather a staggerer for Jeremy, who might deride, but could not deny, the curate's greatness.
  • Extract from : « Double Harness » by Anthony Hope
  • Some of you may doubt this, and Gentiles especially may mock at and deride it.
  • Extract from : « Across America » by James F. Rusling
  • It is idle to urge that unless we do this, anti-Christians will deride us.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 63, No. 392, June, 1848 » by Various

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