Deride
verb
To laugh at someone or something in a way that shows you think they are silly or of low quality.
The critics derided his performance as contrived.
Often appears as...
- deride someone for something
- deride as absurd/inferior
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
To laugh at someone or something in a way that shows you think they are silly or of low quality.
The critics derided his performance as contrived.
Often appears as...
- deride someone for something
- deride as absurd/inferior
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Using 'deride' suggests strong disapproval and might offend, so use it carefully.
The new policy was derided by the community as impractical.
Pro Tip 2/3More than Laughter
'Deride' means not just to laugh but also to dismiss as unworthy or ridiculous.
Experts derided the theory as unscientific.
Pro Tip 3/3Contextual Use
Often used when discussing professional critiques of work, ideas, or performances.
The plan was quickly derided as lacking clarity.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Using 'deride' suggests strong disapproval and might offend, so use it carefully.
The new policy was derided by the community as impractical.
Pro Tip 2/3More than Laughter
'Deride' means not just to laugh but also to dismiss as unworthy or ridiculous.
Experts derided the theory as unscientific.
Pro Tip 3/3Contextual Use
Often used when discussing professional critiques of work, ideas, or performances.
The plan was quickly derided as lacking clarity.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Using 'deride' suggests strong disapproval and might offend, so use it carefully.
The new policy was derided by the community as impractical.
Pro Tip 2/3More than Laughter
'Deride' means not just to laugh but also to dismiss as unworthy or ridiculous.
Experts derided the theory as unscientific.
Pro Tip 3/3Contextual Use
Often used when discussing professional critiques of work, ideas, or performances.
The plan was quickly derided as lacking clarity.
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their profile put out yes sloths have had a reputation for being lazy dirty and stupid and and and derided for being for being for being lazy and the thing that sort of really fascinates books or annoys me and why want to sort of every knows is this there's nothing great
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Einstein's miracle year...
showing that mysterious phenomena, such as the photoelectric effect, could be explained by his hypothesis. The idea was derided for years to come, but Einstein was simply twenty years ahead of his time.
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How to raise a Black son...
he derided me for being so naive. Looked me in the eye, fear consuming his face, and said, "Son, I'm sorry, but you can't act the same as your white friends. You can't pretend to shoot guns.
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Stories of Exploration...
their profile put out yes sloths have had a reputation for being lazy dirty and stupid and and and derided for being for being for being lazy and the thing that sort of really fascinates books or annoys me and why want to sort of every knows is this there's nothing great
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Einstein's miracle year...
showing that mysterious phenomena, such as the photoelectric effect, could be explained by his hypothesis. The idea was derided for years to come, but Einstein was simply twenty years ahead of his time.
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How to raise a Black son...
he derided me for being so naive. Looked me in the eye, fear consuming his face, and said, "Son, I'm sorry, but you can't act the same as your white friends. You can't pretend to shoot guns.
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Quote examples
Kelly Sue DeConnick
American Writer
If there was any creature in American culture more derided than the young girl... I know people will argue with me about that, but everything girls are into gets ridiculed. I have a lot of compassion in my heart for girls in their teens and twenties who are going through this particular passage, because I get it. It makes sense!
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Margaret Hoover
American Author
Conservatives believe that a self-governing society depends on individuals taking responsibility for their actions, and those of their family and community. They deride others, especially American liberals, who fall short of this standard, who blame anything other than themselves for personal transgressions or failures.
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Aldous Huxley
English Novelist
The vast majority of human beings dislike and even actually dread all notions with which they are not familiar... Hence it comes about that at their first appearance innovators have generally been persecuted, and always derided as fools and madmen.
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Nick Foles
American Athlete
I've been overlooked, praised, questioned, lauded, labeled, celebrated, and derided - sometimes all in the span of a single week. That's life in the NFL.
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Charlotte Lamb
British Novelist
War stories, westerns, spy stories are all accepted as respectable because they are read by men. It is only women's light reading which is derided.
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Kirsten Powers
American Author
I derided Christians as anti-intellectual bigots who were too weak to face the reality that there is no rhyme or reason to the world.
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Elvis Mitchell
American Critic
For years, Ono's work - musical and otherwise - was, in large part, dismissed and derided; at best, it was often misunderstood.
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Patricia Routledge
English Actress
People have always pitied spinsters. We have been derided, as if we had missed out on life.
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Howard Jacobson
British Novelist
Passionate dissent from the will of the multitude should be respected, not derided.
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John Lothrop Motley
American Historian
The gigantic Gaul derided the Roman soldiers as a band of pigmies.
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Kelly Sue DeConnick
American Writer
If there was any creature in American culture more derided than the young girl... I know people will argue with me about that, but everything girls are into gets ridiculed. I have a lot of compassion in my heart for girls in their teens and twenties who are going through this particular passage, because I get it. It makes sense!
Quote examples
Margaret Hoover
American Author
Conservatives believe that a self-governing society depends on individuals taking responsibility for their actions, and those of their family and community. They deride others, especially American liberals, who fall short of this standard, who blame anything other than themselves for personal transgressions or failures.
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Aldous Huxley
English Novelist
The vast majority of human beings dislike and even actually dread all notions with which they are not familiar... Hence it comes about that at their first appearance innovators have generally been persecuted, and always derided as fools and madmen.
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Nick Foles
American Athlete
I've been overlooked, praised, questioned, lauded, labeled, celebrated, and derided - sometimes all in the span of a single week. That's life in the NFL.
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Charlotte Lamb
British Novelist
War stories, westerns, spy stories are all accepted as respectable because they are read by men. It is only women's light reading which is derided.
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Kirsten Powers
American Author
I derided Christians as anti-intellectual bigots who were too weak to face the reality that there is no rhyme or reason to the world.
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Elvis Mitchell
American Critic
For years, Ono's work - musical and otherwise - was, in large part, dismissed and derided; at best, it was often misunderstood.
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Patricia Routledge
English Actress
People have always pitied spinsters. We have been derided, as if we had missed out on life.
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Howard Jacobson
British Novelist
Passionate dissent from the will of the multitude should be respected, not derided.
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John Lothrop Motley
American Historian
The gigantic Gaul derided the Roman soldiers as a band of pigmies.
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