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1 definition found 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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