From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishderidede‧ride /dɪˈraɪd/ verb [transitive] formal INSULTto make remarks or jokes that show you think someone or something is silly or useless SYN mock, → derisive You shouldn’t deride their efforts.deride somebody as something The party was derided as totally lacking in ideas.→ See Verb table
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deride• Andrew Jackson, the first president from the western frontier, was unjustly accused of bigamy and derided as an unschooled ignoramus.• Other identifications - whether with feminism, the gay community, independent activist organisations - are derided as bourgeois and self-limiting.• Marxism has been frequently derided for its explanations of political behaviour in Western democracies.• Gavin has derided McLaughlin's crusade for gun control.• Leave it to the intellectuals to deride romance novels.Origin deride (1500-1600) Latin deridere, from ridere “to laugh” 