To treat or speak of with contempt.
1 It has become a shared reflex to deride and belittle such achievements.
2 But there was no one there to see or deride their grief.
3 We should not be too quick to deride this as a delusion.
4 For, to deride Jesus Christ would manifest an inexcusable want of respectability.
5 Besides, when he wishes to deride a city, he calls it grass-grown.
6 By what right do they deride the falseness of the Pagan Gods?
7 Why, then, did I deride Antony for his loyalty to the Triumvirate?
8 They sit in the lurking-places of the streets to deride me.
9 Three letter-writers your edition of June 16th deride the efforts of the Government.
10 The privatised utilities feel more vulnerable: even the rightwing papers routinely deride them.
11 After which I went on to deride a 'shoe that pinched'.
12 Gone are the days when George Bush could deride him as Ozone Guy.
13 They deride the prime minister's claim that it isn't a demotion.
14 It's all about connection, even though people deride it as temporary.
15 I am not ashamed to own it, let who may deride the act.
16 Many deride the contest for serving up mediocrity, while others are enthusiastic followers.
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