Deride

v. t.

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To laugh at with contempt; to laugh to scorn; to turn to ridicule or make sport of; to mock; to scoff at. [imp. & p. p. Derided; p. pr. & vb. n. Deriding.] And the Pharisees, also, . . . derided him. - Luke xvi. 14. Sport that wrinkled Care derides. And Laughter holding both his sides. - Milton.

Verb

1.

deride - treat or speak of with contempt; "He derided his student's attempt to solve the biggest problem in mathematics"

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