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deride en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /dəˈɹaɪd/ (General-American)
• /dɪˈɹaɪd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /di-/ (General-American)

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (transitive) To laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly; to ridicule, to scorn.
   • Thou derideſt ſervants for obeying diligently their higheſt maſter? and for doing diligently the greateſt, beſt and needfulleſt vvork in all the vvorld? And is this a good example for thy ovvn ſervants? 1672, Richard Baxter, “The First Part, Christian Ethicks: Or, Directions for the Ordering of the Private Actions of Our Hearts and Lives in the Work of Holy Self-government unto and under God. Chapter IX. Directions for the Government of the Tongue. Tit[le] 6. Directions against Prophane Deriding, Scorning, or Opposing Godliness.”, in A Christian Directory: Or, A Summ of Practical Theologie, and Cases of Conscience. […], London: […] Robert White, for Nevill Simmons, […], →OCLC, §. 10, page 439:
   • 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:
   • [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 History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, volume III, London: […] W[illiam] Strahan; and T[homas] Cadell, […], →OCLC, page 87:
   • I panted after honours, gains, marriage; and Thou [God] deridest me. In these desires I underwent most bitter crosses, Thou being the more gracious, the less Thou sufferedst aught to grow sweet to me, which was not Thou. 1838, Augustine [of Hippo], “The Sixth Book”, in E[dward] B[ouverie] Pusey, transl., The Confessions of S. Augustine. […] (Library of Fathers of the Holy Catholic Church, anterior to the Division of the East and West; I), Oxford, Oxfordshire: John Henry Parker; London: J[ohn] G[eorge] and F[rancis] Rivington, →OCLC, paragraph 9, page 92:
   • I knovv there be many baſe, impudent, and braſen-faced roagues, […] let them be proued, perjured, ſtigmatized, convict roagues, theeues, traitors, looſe their ears, be vvhipped, branded, carted, pointed at, hiſſed, reviled, and derided, vvith Ballio the baud in Plautus, they reioice at it, […] 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], “Shame and Disgrace, Causes”, in The Anatomy of Melancholy, […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition 1, section 2, member 3, subsection 6, page 135:
   • Italy's eventual win was worthy of an audience filling Wembley twice over, the joy of Mancini and his players a brutal contrast to the despair of much-derided Spain striker Alvaro Morata, who had actually rescued them with an equaliser in normal time after Federico Chiesa's superb opener for Italy. 2021 July 7, Phil McNulty, “UEFA Euro 2024: Italy Beat Spain on Penalties: ‘Pure Theatre as Italy Present Formidable Obstacle in Final’”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 27 Sep 2024:
   • [H]ee [Noah] of thir vvicked vvayes / Shall them admoniſh, […] and ſhall returne / Of them derided, but of God obſervd / The one juſt Man alive; by his command / Shall build a vvondrous Ark, as thou beheldſt, / To ſave himſelf and houſhold from amidſt / A VVorld devote to univerſal rack. 1667, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC, signature [Rr3], recto, lines 808–809 and 812–817:
   • 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 Eld, →OCLC, book IV, page 191:
   • They [Christian's relations] alſo thought to drive avvay his diſtemper by harſh and ſurly carriages to him: Sometimes they vvould deride, ſometimes they vvould chide, and ſometimes they vvould quite neglect him: […] 1680, John Bunyan, The Pilgrim’s Progress from This World, to That which is to Come: […], 5th edition, Edinburgh: […] Iohn Cairns, […], →OCLC, page 2:
   • And thou Gallant, that readeſt and derideſt this madneſſe of Faſhion, if thine eyes vvere not dazeled vvith lightneſſe (light I cannot call it) of ſelfe-reflected Vanitie, mighteſt ſee as Monſter-like faſhions at home, and a more faſhionly Monſter of thy ſelfe; […] 1625, [Samuel] Purchas, “Conquest of Mexico and New Spaine by Hernando Cortes [Hernán Cortés]”, in Purchas His Pilgrimes. […], 3rd part, London: […] William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone, […], →OCLC, 5th book, page 1119:
   • And while the Tory caricatures were deriding [William Ewart] Gladstone because he introduced very new-fangled legislation, they were also deriding him because he wore very antiquated collars. [1910], G[ilbert] K[eith] Chesterton, William Blake, London: Duckworth & Co.; New York, N.Y.: E[dward] P[ayson] Dutton & Co., →OCLC, page 185:
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 […] (Oxford Historical Society series; XIX), volume I (1632–1663), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] [Horace Hart] for the Oxford Historical Society at the Clarendon Press, published 1891, →OCLC, page 466:

Forms

Deriveds

deriding · derider · derided · deridingly · deridable

Hypernyms

offend · despise · revile · abuse · harass · mock

Hyponyms

outjeer

Meronyms

catcall · hiss · hoot · boo

Relateds

ridiculous · derisive · derision · ridiculosity · joke · ridicule · risible

Synonyms

nip · sneer · fligger · bullyrag · hound · flite · deride · poke borack · bam · fleer · geck · jeer · chiack · badger · barrack · scoff · outlaugh · taunt · twit · brock · heckle · ridicule

Translations (62)

ru вы́смеять (to laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly — see also ridicule, scorn) · fi pilkata (to laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly — see also ridicule, scorn) · mi tānoanoa (to laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly — see also ridicule, scorn) · mi whakatakē (to laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly — see also ridicule, scorn) · tl alipusta (to laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly — see also ridicule, scorn) · pt escarnecer (to laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly — see also ridicule, scorn) · sv skratta åt (to laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly — see also ridicule, scorn) · ru высме́ивать (to laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly — see also ridicule, scorn) · fr railler (to laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly — see also ridicule, scorn) · uk висміювати (to laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly — see also ridicule, scorn) · mi whakarōriki (to laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly — see also ridicule, scorn) · eo moki (to laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly — see also ridicule, scorn) · it deridere (to laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly — see also ridicule, scorn) · ja 嘲笑う (to laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly — see also ridicule, scorn) · izh pilkata (to laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly — see also ridicule, scorn) · bg осмивам (to laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly — see also ridicule, scorn) · sa पीयति (to laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly — see also ridicule, scorn) · cs zesměšnit (to laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly — see also ridicule, scorn) · la dērīdeō (to laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly — see also ridicule, scorn) · fi ivata (to laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly — see also ridicule, scorn) · nl bespotten (to laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly — see also ridicule, scorn) · cs posmívat se (to laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly — see also ridicule, scorn) · es ridiculizar a (to laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly — see also ridicule, scorn) · ru насмеха́ться (to laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly — see also ridicule, scorn) · te గేలిచేయు (to laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly — see also ridicule, scorn) · ia derider (to laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly — see also ridicule, scorn) · de verlachen (to laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly — see also ridicule, scorn) · te ఎగతాళిచేయు (to laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly — see also ridicule, scorn) · ja 嘲る (to laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly — see also ridicule, scorn) · fa به استهزا گرفتن (to laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly — see also ridicule, scorn) · es burlarse de (to laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly — see also ridicule, scorn) · de verspotten (to laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly — see also ridicule, scorn) · th เย้ยหยัน (to laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly — see also ridicule, scorn) · sv håna (to laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly — see also ridicule, scorn) · mi whakatoihara (to laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly — see also ridicule, scorn) · pt ridicularizar (to laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly — see also ridicule, scorn) · ang āhliehhan (to laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly — see also ridicule, scorn) · cs zesměšňovat (to laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly — see also ridicule, scorn) · pl wyśmiewać (to laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly — see also ridicule, scorn) · cs vysmívat se (to laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly — see also ridicule, scorn) · cmn 嘲笑 (to laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly — see also ridicule, scorn) · nl ridiculiseren (to laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly — see also ridicule, scorn) · es irrisionar (to laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly — see also ridicule, scorn) · nl belachelijk maken (to laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly — see also ridicule, scorn) · fr bafouer (to laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly — see also ridicule, scorn) · sv förlöjliga (to laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly — see also ridicule, scorn) · cmn 揶揄 (to laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly — see also ridicule, scorn) · de lächerlich machen (to laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly — see also ridicule, scorn) · ja 嘲笑する (to laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly — see also ridicule, scorn) · no spotte (to laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly — see also ridicule, scorn) · de verhöhnen (to laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly — see also ridicule, scorn) · mk потсмева (to laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly — see also ridicule, scorn) · vi chế nhạo (to laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly — see also ridicule, scorn) · mi tāwai (to laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly — see also ridicule, scorn) · bg осмея (to laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly — see also ridicule, scorn) · got 𐌱𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌼𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽 (to laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly — see also ridicule, scorn) · de lustig machen über (to laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly — see also ridicule, scorn) · mi tānoa (to laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly — see also ridicule, scorn) · ota گولمك (to laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly — see also ridicule, scorn) · th เยาะเย้ย (to laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly — see also ridicule, scorn) · el λοιδωρώ (to laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly — see also ridicule, scorn) · vi chế giểu (to laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly — see also ridicule, scorn)