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deride 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/diˈrīd/,
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derides, 3rd person singular present; derided, past participle; derided, past tense; deriding, present participle;
  1. Express contempt for; ridicule
    • - critics derided the proposals as clumsy attempts to find a solution
  1. treat or speak of with contempt; "He derided his student's attempt to solve the biggest problem in mathematics"
  2. (derision) contemptuous laughter
  3. (derision) the act of deriding or treating with contempt
  4. Pejoratives (or terms of abuse) are words or grammatical forms which denote a negative affect; that is, they express the contempt or distaste of the speaker. Sometimes a term may begin as a pejorative word and eventually be adopted in a non-pejorative sense. ...
  5. To harshly mock; ridicule
  6. (derision) the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt
  7. (Derision) non-traditional praise
  8. (derision) To deride someone is to make fun of that person. The sound of voices of derision would be the sound of people making fun of, or laughing at, another.
  9. Derision is a noun and it means a deep form of mockery and ridicule. A very deep one mind it! When you just simper at someone it is not derision. Derision is extreme form of humiliation. ...
  10. (v.) to laugh at mockingly, scorn (The native speaker often derided the other teacher’s accent.)
  11. (v) to make fun of or scoff at; ridicule