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Synonyms for deride
dɪˈraɪdde·ride

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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms3.0 / 1 vote

  1. deride

    Synonyms:
    determine, fix, settle, adjudicate, terminate, resolve

    Antonyms:
    waver, raise, moot, drop, doubt, waive, suspend, misjudge, misdetermine

Princeton's WordNet

  1. derideverb

    treat or speak of with contempt

    "He derided his student's attempt to solve the biggest problem in mathematics"

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Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words4.0 / 1 vote

  1. derideverb

    Synonyms:
    scoff, ridicule, mock, taunt, jeer, scout, jibe

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#10518terminate
#66242adjudicate
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How to use deride in a sentence?

  1. Sir Winston Churchill:

    Truth is incontrovertible, ignorance can deride it, panic may resent it, malice may destroy it, but there it is.

  2. John Foy:

    Sister Po Po's derided by the President because Sister Po Po stands up for all of us, you can judge your friends by who their enemies are. And he tries to deride Sister Po Po, calling Sister Po Po' Pocahontas.' But to us, Sister Po Po's Sister Po Po.

  3. Burton:

    Every man thinks with himself, I am well, I am wise, and laughs at others; and ?tis a general fault amongst them all, that which our forefathers approved?diet, apparel, humours, customs, manners?we deride and reject in our time as absurd.

  4. P. G. Wodehouse:

    A man's subconscious self is not the ideal companion. It lurks for the greater part of his life in some dark den of its own, hidden away, and emerges only to taunt and deride and increase the misery of a miserable hour.

  5. Goethe:

    We are accustomed to see men deride what they do not understand, and snarl at the good and beautiful because it lies beyond their sympathies.


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