deride
verbEtymology
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
- learned borrowing from dērīdēre
Definitions
To laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly
To laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly; to ridicule, to scorn.
- Cicero beeing Augur, derideth the Auguries, and blames men for letting their actions relie vpon the voyce of a Crovve or a Davve.
- And the people ſtood beholding ⁊ the rulers alſo with them derided him [Jesus], ſaying, hee ſaued others, let him ſaue himſelfe, if he be Chriſt, yͤ choſen of God.
To laugh in a harshly mocking manner.
- Memorandum that about the year 1650 coffee and chocolate began to be frequently drunk in Oxon: and about 1655 a club was erected at Tilliard's where many pretended witts would meet and deride at others.
The neighborhood
- synonymbadger
- synonymbam
- synonymbarrack
- synonymbrock
- synonymbullyrag
- synonymchiack
- synonymderide
- synonymfleer
- synonymfligger
- synonymflite
- synonymgeck
- synonymheckle
- neighborderision
- neighborderisive
- neighborridicule
- neighborridiculosity
- neighborridiculous
- neighborrisible
- neighborjoke
- neighborabuse
- neighbordespise
- neighborharass
- neighbormock
- neighboroffend
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at deride. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at deride. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at deride
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA