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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deride \De*ride"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Derided}; p. pr & vb
n. {Deriding}.] [L. deridere, derisum de- + rid?re to laugh.
See {Ridicule}.]
To laugh at with contempt; to laugh to scorn; to turn to
ridicule or make sport of to mock; to scoff at
And the Pharisees, also . . . derided him --Luke xvi.
14.
Sport that wrinkled Care derides. And Laughter holding
both his sides. --Milton.
Syn: To mock; laugh at ridicule; insult; taunt; jeer;
banter; rally.
Usage: To {Deride}, {Ridicule}, {Mock}, {Taunt}. A man may
ridicule without any unkindness of feeling; his object
may be to correct; as to ridicule the follies of the
age. He who derides is actuated by a severe a
contemptuous spirit; as to deride one for his
religious principles. To mock is stronger, and denotes
open and scornful derision; as to mock at sin. To
taunt is to reproach with the keenest insult; as to
taunt one for his misfortunes. Ridicule consists more
in words than in actions; derision and mockery evince
themselves in actions as well as words taunts are
always expressed in words of extreme bitterness.
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