deride

See also: déride and déridé

English

Etymology

From Middle French dérider, from Latin dērīdeō (“to mock, laugh at”), from dē- (“from, down from”) + rīdeō (“to laugh”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈɹaɪd/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -aɪd

Verb

deride (third-person singular simple present derides, present participle deriding, simple past and past participle derided)

1. (transitive) To harshly mock; ridicule.
   • 2021 July 6, Phil McNulty, “Italy beat Spain on penalties: 'Pure theatre as Italy present formidable obstacle in final'”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     Italy's eventual win was worthy of an audience filling Wembley twice over, the joy of Mancini and his players a brutal contrast to the despair of much-derided Spain striker Alvaro Morata, who had actually rescued them with an equaliser in normal time after Federico Chiesa's superb opener for Italy.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:ridicule

Derived terms

• derider
• deridingly

Related terms

• derision
• derisive
• ridicule
• ridiculous
• ridiculosity
• risible

Translations

to harshly mock; ridicule

• Bulgarian: осмивам (bg) impf (osmivam), осмея pf (osmeja)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 嘲笑 (zh) (cháoxiào), 揶揄 (zh) (yéyú) (literary)

• Dutch: ridiculiseren (nl), belachelijk (nl) maken (nl), bespotten (nl)
• Esperanto: moki
• Finnish: pilkata (fi), ivata (fi)
• French: bafouer (fr), railler (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: verhöhnen (de), verlachen (de), verspotten (de), lustig machen über (reflexive), lächerlich machen
• Gothic: 𐌱𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌼𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽 (bimampjan)
• Greek: λοιδωρώ (loidoró)
• Ingrian: pilkata
• Interlingua: derider
• Italian: deridere (it)
• Japanese: 嘲る (ja) (あざける, azakeru), 嘲笑う (ja) (あざわらう, azawarau), 嘲笑する (ja) (ちょうしょうする, chōshō suru)
• Latin: dērīdeō (la)
• Maori: tānoa, tānoanoa, tāwai, whakatakē, whakarōriki, whakatoihara
• Norwegian: spotte
• Old English: āhliehhan
• Ottoman Turkish: گولمك (gülmek)
• Persian: به استهزا گرفتن
• Polish: wyśmiewać (pl)
• Portuguese: ridicularizar (pt), escarnecer (pt)
• Russian: высме́ивать (ru) impf (vysméivatʹ), вы́смеять (ru) pf (výsmejatʹ), насмеха́ться (ru) (nasmexátʹsja)
• Sanskrit: पीयति (pīyati)
• Spanish: ridiculizar a (es), burlarse de (es)
• Swedish: håna (sv), förlöjliga (sv), skratta åt
• Tagalog: alipusta (tl)
• Telugu: గేలిచేయు (te) (gēlicēyu), ఎగతాళిచేయు (te) (egatāḷicēyu)
• Thai: เยาะเย้ย (yɔ́-yə́əi), เย้ยหยัน (th) (yə́əi-yǎn)
• Vietnamese: chế nhạo (vi), chế giểu

Further reading

• “deride”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “deride”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Diedre, redied

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deˈri.de/
• Rhymes: -ide
• Hyphenation: de‧rì‧de

Verb

deride

1. third-person singular present indicative of deridere

Anagrams

• diedre

Latin

Verb

dērīdē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of dērīdeō

Turkish

Noun

deride

1. locative singular of deri