deride

Meaning

1. (transitive) To laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly; to ridicule, to scorn.
2. (intransitive, obsolete) To laugh in a harshly mocking manner.

Synonyms

mock

ridicule

laugh at

make fun of

jeer

taunt

scorn

tease

sneer

scoff

jeer at

flout

gibe

insult

sneer at

joke

🤣

chaff

laugh

😆

despise

mimic

harrass

poke fun at

scoff at

defy

jibe

hoot

disparage

quip

rail

razz

reproach

ride

satirize

slight

spite

spoof

stooge

twit

diss

mock at

smile at

pish

put-down

abuse

treat discourteously

laught at

pour scorn on

heap scorn on

annoy

laugh coldly

Translations

verspotten

deridere

bespotten

bafouer

burlarse

ridicularizar

irridere

dileggiare

railler

ridiculizar

verhöhnen

canzonare

escarnecer

se moquer de

alay etmek

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪˈɹaɪd/

Etymology

PIE word
*de
Learned borrowing from Latin dērīdēre, the present active infinitive of dērīdeō (“to laugh at, make fun of, mock, deride”), from dē- (prefix denoting putting down or subjecting to indignity) + rīdeō (“to laugh; to laugh at, mock, ridicule”) (further etymology uncertain, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to rotate; to turn”) (referring to turning the mouth to smile) or *wreyd- (“to carve; to scratch”)).
cognates
* Old French dérider (rare), derire