deride
Syllables: de·ride/dɪˈɹaɪd/US/dəˈɹaɪd/
deride verb: to laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly; to ridicule, to scorn.
Verb
deride (third-person singular simple present derides, present participle deriding, simple past and past participle derided)
- To laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly; to ridicule, to scorn.
- Cicero beeing Augur, derideth the Auguries, and blames men for letting their actions relie vpon the voyce of a Crovve or a Davve.1610, Saint Augustine, “The Confessions of Such as Doe Worship Those Pagan Gods, from Their Owne Mouthes”, in J[ohn] H[ealey], transl., St. Augustine, of the Citie of God: […], [London]: […] George...
- And the people ſtood beholding ⁊ the rulers alſo with them derided him [Jesus], ſaying, hee ſaued others, let him ſaue himſelfe, if he be Chriſt, yͤ choſen of God.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 23:35, signature J2, recto, column 1
- To laugh in a harshly mocking manner.
- Memorandum that about the year 1650 coffee and chocolate began to be frequently drunk in Oxon: and about 1655 a club was erected at Tilliard's where many pretended witts would meet and deride at others.1663 (date written), Anthony Wood, “166⅔ and 1663: 15 Car[olus] II: [atis] 31>”, in Andrew Clark, editor, The Life and Times of Anthony Wood, Antiquary, of Oxford, 1632–1695, Described by Himself […]...
deride meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
deride in Tamil
- எள்ளி நகையாடு
deride in Urdu
- ہنسنا, مذاق اڑانا
deride in Bengali
- কাউকে উপহাস, বিদ্রূপ, তুচ্ছতাচ্ছিল্য করা
deride in Telugu
- to laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly — see also ridicule, scorn
- గేలిచేయు gēlicēyu, ఎగతాళిచేయు egatāḷicēyu
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- deride in Malayalam
- കളിയാക്കുക, പരിഹസിക്കുക, ആക്ഷേപിക്കുക, നിന്ദിക്കുക
- deride in Kannada
- ಕೊಕ್ಕರಿಸು, ಅಣಕಿಸು, ಏಡಿಸು, ಎಡ್ಡಿಸು
- deride in Sanskrit
- पीयति pīyati
- deride in Tagalog
- alipusta
- deride in Persian
- به استهزا گرفتن
- deride in Thai
- เยาะเย้ย yɔ́-yə́əi, เย้ยหยัน yə́əi-yǎn
- deride in Vietnamese
- chế giểu, chế nhạo
Examples of deride in a sentence
- Thou derideſt ſervants for obeying diligently their higheſt maſter? and for doing diligently the greateſt, beſt and needfulleſt vvork in all the vvorld?1672, Richard Baxter, “The First Part, Christian Ethicks: Or, Directions for the Ordering of the Private Actions of Our Hearts and Lives in...
- [H]e ſcorns the vain apologies of his prieſts, and juſtly derides the object, and the folly, of his ſuperſtitious attachment.1781, Edward Gibbon, “Final Destruction of Paganism—Introduction of the Worship of Saints, and Relics, among the Christians”, in The...
- I panted after honours, gains, marriage; and Thou [God] deridest me.1838, Augustine [of Hippo], “The Sixth Book”, in E[dward] B[ouverie] Pusey, transl., The Confessions of S. Augustine. […] (Library of...
Synonyms of deride
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Forms of deride
| third-person singular present | derides |
|---|---|
| present participle | deriding |
| past participle | derided |
| past | derided |
| second-person singular present (archaic) | deridest |
| second-person singular past (archaic) | deridedst |
| third-person singular present (archaic) | derideth |
Origin of deride
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
Words formed from deride
Words that rhyme with deride
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- provide
- tied
- fried
- glide
- hide
- inside
- bide
- decide
- offside
- -side
- collide
- confide
- flipside
- set aside
- stride
- subside
- aside
- beride
- beside
- bestride
- chide
- coincide
- cyanide
- dried
- elide
- eyed
- gride
- preside
- reside
- Ryde
- allied
- applied
- astride
- betide
- bride
- dyed
- guyed
- I'd
- imide
- incide
- pied
- right side
- said
- snide
- statewide
- tried
- vide
- allide
Questions about deride
- What does deride mean?
- Deride means to laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly; to ridicule, to scorn.
- What is deride in Tamil?
- Deride in Tamil is எள்ளி நகையாடு. See Deride meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use deride in a sentence?
- Thou derideſt ſervants for obeying diligently their higheſt maſter? and for doing diligently the greateſt, beſt and needfulleſt vvork in all the vvorld?
- What part of speech is deride?
- Deride is a verb.
- How do you pronounce deride?
- Deride is pronounced /dɪˈɹaɪd/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of deride?
- The past tense of deride is derided.
Words near deride in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: deride (page history and authors); deride (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); deride (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); deride (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); deride (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); deride (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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