Deride

Definition: Deride

Deride

Verb

1. Treat or speak of with contempt; "He derided his student's attempt to solve the biggest problem in mathematics".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "deride" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)

Note: Deride \De*ride"\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Derided; present participle verb or noun Deriding.]. (references)

Synonyms: Deride

Disrespect

Have in derision; hold in derision; deride, scoff, barrack, sneer, laugh at, ridicule, gibe, mock, jeer, hiss, hoot, taunt, twit, niggle, gleek, gird, flout, fleer; roast, turn into ridicule; burlesque; laugh to scorn; (contempt); smoke; fool; make game of, make a fool of, make an April fool of; play a practical joke; lead one a dance, run the rig upon, have a fling at, scout; mob.

Ridicule

Verb: ridicule, deride, mock, taunt; laugh in one's sleeve; tease, badinage, banter, rally, chaff, joke, twit, quiz, roast; haze; tehee; fleer; show up.

Crosswords: Deride

I deride your truth-handling abilities (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

Now laughing friends deride tears I cannot hide ("Smoke Gets in Your Eyes"; performing artist: The Platters)

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Music

• Deride on the Top [IMPORT] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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Albanian

tall (banter, fleer, jeer, make fun of, mock, ridicule, scoff, taunt), përqesh (mock, scoff at, taunt). (various references)

Arabic 

‏هزأ من (quip, sport), ‏هزأ ب (gibe, gird, hold up, laugh at, mockery, roast, sneer), ‏تهكم (flippancy, gibe, irony, jeer, mockery, persiflage, quip, ridicule, sarcasm, satire, taunt), ‏سخر (befool, chip, debunk, fleer, guy, jape, jeer, kid, lampoon, laugh at, make a game of, make fun of, mimic, mock, monkey, override, persiflage, pillory, poke fun, pooh pooh, quip, quiz, rally, rib, ridicule, satirize, scoff, send up, smile, snap, sneer, snigger, taunt, tee-hee, twit). (various references)

Bulgarian 

осмивам (lampoon, mock, ridicule, satirize, scoff, sneer, take off, twit), иронизирам. (various references)

Czech

zesmìšòovat, vysmívat se (fleer, laugh at, scoff, sneer). (various references)

Dutch

de spot drýven met (mock, quip, ridicule), zich vrolýk maken over (mock, quip, ridicule), voor de zot houden (mock, quip, ridicule), bespotten (jeer at, make fun of, mock, quip, ridicule). (various references)

Esperanto

primoki (mock, quip, ridicule), moki pri (mock, quip, ridicule). (various references)

Farsi 

تمسخرکردن (Jest, Ridicule, Scoff), استهزاء کردن (Guy, Jest, Jig, Scorn), بکسی خندیدن . (various references)

Finnish

pilkata (jeer at, make fun of, mock, scoff), ivata (jeer, ridicule, scoff). (various references)

French

tourner en ridicule (debunk), rire de, railler, bernons, bernez, berner, bernent, bafouer. (various references)

German

verspotten (gibe, jeer at, lampoon, make fun of, mock, ridicule, satirize, taunt, to deride, to flout, to lampoon, to mock, to ridicule, to satirize). (various references)

Greek 

περιγελώ (jeer, mock, razz, ridicule, scoff). (various references)

Hebrew 

ללעו�' (gibe, guy, jeer, laugh at, make fun of, mock, ridicule, scoff, sneer), לתעתע (deceive, lead astray, mock, swindle), לקלס (mock, scorn), לצחוק (jeer, jest, laugh, mock), ל� אוץ (abuse, blaspheme, despise, scorn, spurn). (various references)

Hungarian

kinevet (mock, ridicule, to deride, to pooh-pooh, to ridicule, to scoff at), kigúnyol (fleer, jeer, joke, lampoon, ridicule, satirize, taunt, to deride, to flout, to gibe, to jibe, to pan, to rally, to razz, to ridicule, to scorch, to scorn, to twit). (various references)

Indonesian

menghina (contempt, debase, derogatory, humiliate, insult, misprize, opprobrious, taunt), mengejek (hoot, mock, mocking, ridicule), mencerca (censure, objurgate, objurgatory, revile), mencemoohkan, gonyak. (various references)

Italian

deridere (hoot, jeer, laugh, laugh at, mock, scoff, sneer), canzonare (banter, flout, joke, make fun of, razz, ridicule, satirize, tease, twit). (various references)

Manx

craidey mysh (burlesque, jeer, mock, scoff). (various references)

Pig Latin

erideday.(various references)

Portuguese

zombar (banter, bemock, engirdle, fool, gibe, gird, jape, jeer, jeer at, jest, jibe, make fun of, mock, scoff, sneer, twit), ridicularizar (banter, belabor, belabour, bosh, burlesque, guy, lambaste, lampoon, laugh, make an ass of, mock, quiz, ridicule, scout), escarnecer (engirdle, fleer, flout, gibe, gird, jeer, jeer at, jibe, laugh, make fun of, mock, scoff). (various references)

Romanian

zeflemisi (banter, chaff, rail, ridicule, score, scorn, slight, taunt), batjocori (abuse, bemock, disdain, flout, rape, satirize, scoff, scorn, shame, taunt, violate), a-şi bate joc de (ballyrag, have a fling at, hold in derision, lash, make fun of, mock, scamp, sneer, sport, trifle). (various references)

Russian 

высмеивать (jape, make a game of, make fun, make fun of, make game of, mock, razz, satirize), осмеивать (guy, ridicule, scoff, scoffed). (various references)

Scottish

sgeig (derision, jeering, mockery), mag (mock). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

rugati se (bullyrag, flout, gibe, gird, jape, jeer, jest, mock, poke fun, ridicule, scoff), ismejavati (laugh at). (various references)

Spanish

ridiculizar (guy, laugh down, poke fun at, ridicule), burlarse de (banter, flout, gibe, jibe, laugh at, make fun of, make play of, mock, quiz, rib), burlar (chaff, circumvent, deceive, dish, escape, get by, hoax, hoodwink, jape, jest, live up, outflank, outsmart, outwit, spoof, taunt, trick), bromear (banter, daff, fool, fool around, fun, jape, jest, jive, joke, kid on, play, spoof). (various references)

Swedish

förlöjliga (ridicule, scoff at). (various references)

Turkish

alaya almak (bring into derision, chip, laugh at, make fun of, ridicule), alay etmek (flout, gibe, gird at, gird at smb., give smb. a roasting, groove, guy, hold in derision, ironize, jape, jeer, jeer at, jibe, jolly, Josh, laugh at, make a game of, make a jest of, make fun of, make merry over, mock, poke fun, poke fun at smb., pull smb.'s leg, razz, ridicule, roast, rot, scoff, take the mickey out of smb., taunt). (various references)

Ukrainian

глумитися (outrage, scoff), висміювати (befool, caricature, droll, jape, make fun of, mock, quip, satirize), насміхатися (fleer, gibe, jibe, quiz, sneer). (various references)

Welsh

testunio (taunt). (various references)

derideat, deridebant, deridebis, deridebit, derident, derideo, deridere, deridet, deridetur, deriserunt, derisio, derisorum, derisu, derisum, derisus, insulto, subsannabant, subsannabis, subsannabit, subsannabo, subsannant, subsannantibus, subsannat, subsannatae, subsannator, subsannaverunt, subsannavit. (various references)

ahliehhan. (various references)

mocquer. (various references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "deride": derided, derider, deriders, derides. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Deride" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aderdice, Ceridwen, darid, Darinda, darode, Daurade, dayrie, debrid, debride, Dedridge, Dehradun, deidre, D'elide, Demidov, depied, derde, derden, deri, derile, Derilei, derime, derine, Dermitze, derode, Derota, derrida, Deruta, dervide, deside, devide, Dewilde, Djerdap, dorade, Dordi, Dorridge, Dreitzel, drid, dridel, dryde, durite, edelrid, eride, Eridu, Nerida, redire. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: dreed, dried, eider, reded, redid.

-2 letters: deed, deer, dere, died, dire, dree, eide, ired, redd, rede, reed, ride.

-3 letters: dee, did, die, ere, ire, red, ree, rei, rid.

-4 letters: de, ed, er, id, re.

+1 letter: deaired, debride, decider, decried, deedier, derided, derider, derides, derived, desired, dreidel, readied, redried, resided.

+2 letters: begirded, birdseed, cindered, credited, daikered, deadlier, debrided, debrides, deciders, dendrite, deprived, derailed, deriders, descried, diapered, dickered, differed, directed, dithered, diverged, diverted, dreidels, driveled, engirded, friended, hindered, presided, rebidden, rebodied, redecide, redefied, redenied, redialed, redipped, redivide, redlined, reedbird, reedited, regilded, remedied, reminded, rewinded, wildered.