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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DERIDE, v.t. [L. To laugh.] To laugh at in contempt; to turn to ridicule or make sport of; to mock; to treat with scorn by laughter.
The Pharisees also-derided him. Luke 16.
Some, who adore Newton for his fluxions, deride him for his religion.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: treat or speak of with contempt; "He derided his student's attempt to solve the biggest problem in mathematics"

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb (derided; deriding) Etymology: Latin derid?re, from de- + rid?re to laugh Date: circa 1526 1. to laugh at contemptuously 2. to subject to usually bitter or contemptuous ridicule Synonyms: see ridicule • derider noun • deridingly adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. laugh scornfully at; mock. Derivatives: derider n. deridingly adv. Etymology: L deridere (as DE-, ridere ris- laugh)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Deride De*ride", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Derided; p. pr. & vb. n. Deriding.] [L. deridere, derisum; de- + rid?re to laugh. See Ridicule.] To laugh at with contempt; to laugh to scorn; to turn to ridicule or make sport of; to mock; to scoff at. And the Pharisees, also, . . . derided him. --Luke xvi. 14. Sport that wrinkled Care derides. And Laughter holding both his sides. --Milton. Syn: To mock; laugh at; ridicule; insult; taunt; jeer; banter; rally. Usage: To Deride, Ridicule, Mock, Taunt. A man may ridicule without any unkindness of feeling; his object may be to correct; as, to ridicule the follies of the age. He who derides is actuated by a severe a contemptuous spirit; as, to deride one for his religious principles. To mock is stronger, and denotes open and scornful derision; as, to mock at sin. To taunt is to reproach with the keenest insult; as, to taunt one for his misfortunes. Ridicule consists more in words than in actions; derision and mockery evince themselves in actions as well as words; taunts are always expressed in words of extreme bitterness.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(derides, deriding, derided) If you deride someone or something, you say that they are stupid or have no value. (FORMAL) Opposition MPs derided the Government's response to the crisis... = ridicule VERB: V n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. Ridicule (contemptuously or maliciously), mock, scout, satirize, lampoon, jeer, taunt, chaff, scoff at, jeer at, laugh at, make fun of, make sport of, make game of, turn to ridicule, hold up to ridicule, make a butt of, make merry with, poke fun at (colloq.). See ridicule.

Moby Thesaurus

banter, be above, be contemptuous of, belittle, care nothing for, chaff, contemn, dare, despise, diminish, disdain, disparage, disprize, disregard, dump on, feel contempt for, feel superior to, flout, get fresh, get smart, grin at, have a nerve, have the cheek, have the gall, hold beneath one, hold cheap, hold in contempt, hold in derision, insult, jeer at, jolly, kid, knock, laugh at, laugh to scorn, look down upon, lout, make bold, make fun of, make game of, make merry with, misprize, mock, pan, pillory, point at, poke fun at, pooh-pooh, presume, put down, put one on, quiz, rag, rally, rank low, razz, rib, ride, ridicule, roast, scoff at, scorn, scout, set at defiance, set at naught, slight, slight over, smile at, sneer at, sneeze at, snicker at, sniff at, snigger at, snort at, take liberties, taunt, tease, think nothing of, treat with contempt, twit