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Definition of deride verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

deride

 verb
verb
NAmE//dɪˈraɪd//
 
[often passive] deride somebody/something (as something) (formal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they deride
 
he / she / it derides
 
past simple derided
 
-ing form deriding
 
 
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to treat someone or something as ridiculous and not worth considering seriously synonym mock His views were derided as old-fashioned. The play was derided by the critics.
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