DERIDE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they deride ... he / she / it derides

Past simple: derided

Past participle: derided

-ing form: deriding

Meaning:

Treat or speak of with contempt

Example:

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

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "deride" is one way to...):

bemock; mock (treat with contempt)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "deride"):

catcall (utter catcalls at)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

derision (the act of deriding or treating with contempt)

derision (contemptuous laughter)

derisive (abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule)

derisory (so unreasonable as to invite derision)