deride

Example Sentences

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It has always been popular, and continues to be popular, to make fun of lawyers, to deride lawyers, to denigrate lawyers, and I get that we deserve a lot of what we get.

From Slate • Mar. 17, 2025

Today many on the right still deride the Carter years but as the decades passed, his humanitarian efforts and simple lifestyle began to shape a new legacy for many Americans.

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2024

Fans have collections numbering in the hundreds, while critics deride them as kitsch.

From Seattle Times • May 24, 2024

OK, you get up there, they're going to rap each other off and they're supposed to deride and blast each other.

From Salon • May 18, 2024

Jeer, jēr, v.t. to make sport of: to treat with derision.—v.i. to scoff: to deride: to make a mock of.—n. a railing remark: biting jest: mockery.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various