deride
Verb
Verb Forms: derided, deriding, derides
- To express contempt for; ridicule or mock.
- treat or speak of with contempt
- "He derided his student's attempt to solve the biggest problem in mathematics"
- To laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly; to ridicule, to scorn.
- To laugh in a harshly mocking manner.
Examples
- Some players DERIDE the use of word lists, preferring to play purely from memory.
Origin / Etymology
PIE word
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Learned borrowing from Latin dērīdēre, the present active infinitive of dērīdeō (“to laugh at, make fun of, mock, deride”), from dē- (prefix denoting putting down or subjecting to indignity) + rīdeō (“to laugh; to laugh at, mock, ridicule”) (further etymology uncertain, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to rotate; to turn”) (referring to turning the mouth to smile) or *wreyd- (“to carve; to scratch”)).
cognates
* Old French dérider (rare), derire
Synonyms
badger, bam, barrack, brock, bullyrag, chiack, deride, fleer, fligger, flite, geck, heckle, hound, jeer, nip, outlaugh, poke borack, ridicule, scoff, sneer, taunt, twit
Scrabble Score: 8
deride: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordderide: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
deride: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary