deride
21deride — de·ride || dɪ raɪd v. mock, ridicule, sneer …
22deride as — make fun of, laugh at scornfully …
23deride — [dɪ rʌɪd] verb express contempt for; ridicule. Derivatives derider noun Origin C16: from L. deridere scoff at …
24deride — v. a. Ridicule (contemptuously or maliciously), mock, scout, satirize, lampoon, jeer, taunt, chaff, scoff at, jeer at, laugh at, make fun of, make sport of, make game of, turn to ridicule, hold up to ridicule, make a butt of, make merry with,… …
25deride — v 1. scoff at, mock, jeer, ridicule, knock, gird at; fleer, laugh at, guy, Australian. chiack; taunt, gibe, twit, rag; tease, rally, Inf. roast, banter, chaff, rib, kid, Sl. razz; flout, scorn, sneer at, disdain, pooh pooh; scout, contemn, curl… …
26deride — de·ride …
27deride — [dɪˈraɪd] verb [T] formal to say that someone or something is stupid or useless …
28deride — de•ride [[t]dɪˈraɪd[/t]] v. t. rid•ed, rid•ing to laugh at in scorn or contempt; mock • Etymology: 1520–30; < L dērīdēre to mock =dē de +rīdēre to laugh de•rid′er, n. de•rid′ing•ly, adv. syn: See ridicule …
29deride — /dəˈraɪd / (say duh ruyd) verb (t) (derided, deriding) to laugh at in contempt; scoff or jeer at; mock. {Latin dērīdēre laugh} –derider, noun –deriding, adjective –deridingly, adverb …
30deride — See jeer …
