deride

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But making them sound like centuries old technology is a way to deride their worth.

From BBC • Jul. 29, 2025

Redstone went on to publicly deride McMahon’s handling of the situation, telling a crowd at New York’s Advertising Week that she would’ve done things differently.

From Salon • Oct. 12, 2024

But to deride it as such is to ignore all the episode delivered in exchange for putting off a climactic confrontation of samurais.

From New York Times • Apr. 16, 2024

The world of “Avatar: The Last Airbender” has had a live-action treatment before — M. Night Shyamalan’s film adaptation in 2010 that many fans deride.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 21, 2024

Bemock, be-mok′, v.t. to mock at, to deride.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various