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deride
UK /dɪˈɹaɪd/ US /dəˈɹaɪd/
verb 2
Collocations
3VERB + DERIDE
mustn't
DERIDE + NOUN
malice, others, wretch
ADV.
constantly
Definitions
verb
1
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.
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.
2
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.
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Cicero beeing Augur, derideth the Auguries, and blames men for letting their actions relie vpon the voyce of a Crovve or a Davve.
Wiktionary02
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.
Wiktionary03
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, point
Wiktionary04
The truth is incontrovertible. Panic may resent it, ignorance may deride it, malice may distort it, but there it is.
Tatoeba · #39769005
One should never deride the wretch, for who can be sure of always being happy?
Tatoeba · #136631206
The truth is incontrovertible. Panic may resent it, ignorance may deride it, malice may distort it but there it is.
Tatoeba · #2048862Usage Notes
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