derides

Verb

deride (third-person singular simple present derides, present participle deriding, simple past and past participle derided)

1. (transitive) 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...
2. (intransitive, obsolete) 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 […]...