Deride vs. Derision — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Deride and Derision
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Deride
To laugh at, speak of, or write about dismissively or contemptuously.
Derision
Contemptuous ridicule or mockery
My stories were greeted with derision and disbelief
Deride
(transitive) To harshly mock; ridicule.
Derision
The act of ridiculing or laughing at someone or something.
Deride
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.
Sport that wrinkled Care derides.And Laughter holding both his sides.
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Derision
A state of being derided
Members of the board held the proposal in derision.
Deride
Treat or speak of with contempt;
He derided his student's attempt to solve the biggest problem in mathematics
Derision
Act of treating with disdain.
Derision
Something to be derided; a laughing stock.
Derision
The act of deriding, or the state of being derided; mockery; scornful or contemptuous treatment which holds one up to ridicule.
He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh; the Lord shall have them in derision.
Satan beheld their plight,And to his mates thus in derision called.
Derision
An object of derision or scorn; a laughing-stock.
I was a derision to all my people.
Derision
Contemptuous laughter
Derision
The act of deriding or treating with contempt
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