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di-RYD/dɪˈraɪd/

To deride is to laugh at someone or something as if they were stupid or of no value: deride the cohort, deride a finding. Mock and ridicule (already in the dictionary) are the everyday twins; “noise” is not a named slice.

Meaning

To laugh at someone or something as if they were stupid or of no value.

Examples

• “Do not deride the night cohort as “noise”; name them in the n.”
• “Mock is already in this course. Ridicule is already in this course. Noise is a slogan. A named slice is methods. Write them in; then cut the joke if the ethics minute still requires it.”

Good to know

Mock with contempt. Everyday: mock, ridicule (already in the dictionary). “Noise” ≠ a named slice.

Near in meaning

mock, ridicule, scoff at

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