deride

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Verb 1.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2 Derived terms 1.2.3 Related terms 1.2.4 Translations 1.2.5 External links 2 Italian 2.1 Verb 2.2 Anagrams

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Latin deridere (“‘to mock, laugh at’”) < de- (“‘from, down from’”) + ridere (“‘to laugh’”).

[edit] Verb

to deride (third-person singular simple present derides, present participle deriding, simple past and past participle derided)

1. (transitive) To harshly mock; ridicule.

[edit] Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:ridicule

[edit] Derived terms

• derider
• deridingly

[edit] Related terms

• derision
• ridicule
• ridiculous
• ridiculosity

[edit] Translations

[edit] External links

• deride in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• deride in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Verb

deride

1. third person singular present tense of deridere

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of ddeeir
• reddei