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deride - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'deride' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Deride [ v. t.]
- To laugh at with contempt; to laugh to scorn; to turn to ridicule or make sport of; to mock; to scoff at.

Meaning of 'deride' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . deride [ v]
Meaning (1):
- treat or speak of with contempt
Example in sentence:
  • He derided his student's attempt to solve the biggest problem in mathematics