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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
- "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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