Meaning & use
derided
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Mocked or ridiculed someone or something contemptuously.
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Critics derided the film as a shallow cash grab.
He was derided by his peers for holding such old-fashioned views.
A note on using this word
From Latin 'deridere', combining 'de-' (down) and 'ridere' (to laugh), literally 'to laugh down at'.
Words with a similar meaning
mockedridiculedscorned
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Words with an opposite meaning
praisedadmired
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