deride
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Wolves have since recolonized the state — a development hailed by conservationists as an ecological win but derided by many ranchers whose cattle are slaughtered by the skilled pack hunters.
From Los Angeles Times
After Martin Scorsese famously derided superhero movies as “theme parks” and “not cinema,” James Cameron is doubling down on his somewhat different approach.
Cameron has always been derided for his dialogue, but there’s no denying that he writes lines that stick.
From Los Angeles Times
Kenyon’s dig at “uproarious pedantry” nods to James’s intellectual pretensions, which some courtiers derided—even though a learned monarch seems preferable to an ignorant one.
He was derided as a snob when he suggested, in a few statements over the years, that he had to dumb down his work for uncultured audiences.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
