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Meanings of deride in English

To treat or speak of with contempt.

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Examples for "mock"
Examples for "mock"
1
He's part of his school's debate team, mock trial and student government.
Ebony
2
In my strength you deceived me; in my weakness you mock me.
The Children's Portion
3
Because starting at 1300, we're dealing with a mock mass casualty situation.
Mass casualties: a young medic's true story of death, deception,...
4
A mock funeral for planet Earth is taking place in Nelson today.
Radio NZ
5
The mock-up was exposed to the public in a Russian air base.
Russian Roulette: Russia's Economy in Putin's Era
1
So far, though, it's mainly drawn alarm and ridicule on social media.
The Irish Times
2
Then did the attendant on the tower speak of her in ridicule.
Mr. World and Miss Church-Member: A Twentieth Century Allegory
3
The grotesqueness of such adornment found frequent ridicule in prose and verse.
Customs and Fashions in Old New England
4
The laugh was turned on him; there was ceaseless ridicule and taunting.
Trumps
5
Boccaccio had made them the subject of ridicule in his popular stories.
History of the Rise of the Huguenots, Vol. 1
1
The one will taunt, the other defy; one aggresses, the other retaliates.
The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 2: 1843-1858
2
The taunt had long since lost its sting; so I replied, meekly:
Miriam Monfort / A Novel
3
The taunt was quite lost on him; he was calmly regarding Natalie.
Sunrise
4
The very children on the streets would taunt my children about it.
Love's Pilgrimage: A Novel
5
Not able to resist an opening taunt, she added, A fillet knife?
A necessary evil
1
The sun had set; an owl began to hoot in the wood.
A Collection of Beatrix Potter Stories
2
But the film is, of course, a hoot from beginning to end.
The Irish Times
3
A moment later they heard the single, unexpected hoot of an owl.
The Bone Doll's Twin
4
Nhlanhla Nene's upcoming mid-term budget speech is going to be a hoot.
The South African
5
Olympos gave a great hoot of laughter, and so did many others.
The Memoirs of Cleopatra
1
The crowds felt free to cheer, jeer, and offer questions and comments.
A. lincoln: a biography
2
No offence is intended; the men jeer out of mere harmless devilment.
In the Roaring Fifties
3
The shrill jeer of a newsboy broke in upon his pathetic speech.
The Best Short Stories of 1920, and the Yearbook of the American...
4
The omnipresent small boys and soldiers jeer, and some tear the banners.
Jailed for Freedom
5
They began to jeer and insult him more than the other boys.
The Hungry Stones, and Other Stories
1
Ms Byrne also made a good-humoured jibe at her relieved family members.
Radio NZ
2
Except that didn't jibe with what he'd seen of her so far.
Here comes trouble
3
Fuelled by that jibe, Arsenal took the lead in the eighth minute.
The South African
4
That should jibe with what the hospital receptionist had no doubt reported.
Creepers
5
But the best of the lot at a jibe or a joke
Punch, or the London Charivari, July 1, 1914
1
He was made to flout it and go his own sheep-headed way.
The Torch and Other Tales
2
We flout the businessman, but without him there would be no poets.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8
3
I will make thee yet a lady, whom none shall dare flout.
The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn: A Story of the Days of the Gunpowd...
4
Why do you flout one who longs to show you his devotion?
An Unwilling Maid / Being the History of Certain Episodes during...
5
Russia and China flout political borders, just look at Crimea and Hong Kong.
The Daily Telegraph
1
Here in his native village there were none to gibe and sneer.
The Copy-Cat, and Other Stories
2
At the gibe business the German is, perhaps, better than the Briton.
My Year of the War / Including an Account of Experiences with th...
3
I ignored the gibe, but felt a twinge at the real possibility.
Halo Cryptum
4
The king's gibe stung, and he resolved not to wait for Dragonstone.
Rogues
5
I do not gibe back at a woman who presently will die.
The Lost Continent
Usage of deride in English
1
It has become a shared reflex to deride and belittle such achievements.
The Guardian
2
But there was no one there to see or deride their grief.
This Country of Ours
3
We should not be too quick to deride this as a delusion.
A history of god: the 4000-year quest of judaism, christianity, ...
4
For, to deride Jesus Christ would manifest an inexcusable want of respectability.
History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State o...
5
Besides, when he wishes to deride a city, he calls it grass-grown.
The Colour of Life
6
By what right do they deride the falseness of the Pagan Gods?
Superstition In All Ages (1732) / Common Sense
7
Why, then, did I deride Antony for his loyalty to the Triumvirate?
The Memoirs of Cleopatra
8
They sit in the lurking-places of the streets to deride me.
The Scapegoat
9
Three letter-writers your edition of June 16th deride the efforts of the Government.
The Irish Times
10
The privatised utilities feel more vulnerable: even the rightwing papers routinely deride them.
The Guardian
11
After which I went on to deride a 'shoe that pinched'.
Agahta christie: an autobiography
12
Gone are the days when George Bush could deride him as Ozone Guy.
The Guardian
13
They deride the prime minister's claim that it isn't a demotion.
The Guardian
14
It's all about connection, even though people deride it as temporary.
The Guardian
15
I am not ashamed to own it, let who may deride the act.
Afloat and Ashore: A Sea Tale
16
Many deride the contest for serving up mediocrity, while others are enthusiastic followers.
Reuters
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