OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 21450

deride

/dɪˈɹaɪd/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
burlarse de • irrisionar • ridiculizar a
To laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly; to ridicule, to scorn.
Cicero beeing Augur, derideth the Auguries, and blames men for letting their actions relie vpon the voyce of a Crovve or a Davve.
I panted after honours, gains, marriage; and Thou [God] deridest me. In these desires I underwent most bitter crosses, Thou being the more gracious, the less Thou sufferedst aught…