deride

Example Sentences

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

From BBC • Jul. 29, 2025

It has always been popular, and continues to be popular, to make fun of lawyers, to deride lawyers, to denigrate lawyers, and I get that we deserve a lot of what we get.

From Slate • Mar. 17, 2025

Fans have collections numbering in the hundreds, while critics deride them as kitsch.

From Seattle Times • May 24, 2024

OK, you get up there, they're going to rap each other off and they're supposed to deride and blast each other.

From Salon • May 18, 2024

It is true that he did deride the notion that the decision of the majority is always right.

From The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 by Various