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deride
What does deride mean?
deride (verb): to laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly; to ridicule, to scorn.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use deride in a sentence?
- He derided his student's attempt to solve the biggest problem in mathematics. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce deride?
/dɪˈɹaɪd/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does deride come from?
Learned borrowing from Latin dērīdēre, the present active infinitive of dērīdeō (“to laugh at, make fun of, mock, deride”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to deride
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “deride” mean?
to appear indistinctly, e.g. when seen on the horizon or through the murk
Not quite: that's what loom means.
to laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly; to ridicule, to scorn
Right! That's what “deride” means.
of a thing: to be an indication, omen, or sign of (something); to portend
Not quite: that's what bode means.
to talk or write about memories of the past, especially pleasant memories
Not quite: that's what reminisce means.
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