as in ridiculed
to make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter
my brothers derided our efforts, but were forced to eat their words when we won first place
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Recent Examples of derided
King favored a genial, non-confrontational style that critics derided as too easygoing and soft for a news network, but which made his program a natural stop for politicians and entertainers who wanted to make their views known without sparking overt conflict.
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Brian Steinberg, Variety, 17 Apr. 2026
He was derided by fans and became the target of hard slides and cheap shots from opponents.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 15 Apr. 2026
And while Italy is often derided for its dysfunctional government and bureaucratic inertia, the cultural and economic split between the north and south remains stark, with the province of Lombardy alone (of which Milan is the capital) contributing roughly a fifth of the country’s GDP.
—Laura May Todd, Architectural Digest, 14 Apr. 2026
The six-story, 470,000-square-foot building, bordered by Eighth, Ninth, G and H streets, had long been derided by Sacramento Superior Court and city leaders as too obsolete, undersized, and unsafe to conduct court business.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 8 Apr. 2026
If the idea was pitched today, it may have been derided as a cash grab.
—Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 8 Apr. 2026
But such concerns are now often derided in Silicon Valley and in Washington.
—Ronan Farrow, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
The number was almost universally derided at the time and some say the San Francisco aesthetic of the show was misunderstood.
—Culture Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Mar. 2026
Teachers unions, long derided by conservatives as one of the primary vectors of left-wing ideology into public education, have significant influence over the MSBA.
—Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 9 Mar. 2026
Brian Steinberg, Variety, 17 Apr. 2026
He was derided by fans and became the target of hard slides and cheap shots from opponents.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 15 Apr. 2026
And while Italy is often derided for its dysfunctional government and bureaucratic inertia, the cultural and economic split between the north and south remains stark, with the province of Lombardy alone (of which Milan is the capital) contributing roughly a fifth of the country’s GDP.
—Laura May Todd, Architectural Digest, 14 Apr. 2026
The six-story, 470,000-square-foot building, bordered by Eighth, Ninth, G and H streets, had long been derided by Sacramento Superior Court and city leaders as too obsolete, undersized, and unsafe to conduct court business.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 8 Apr. 2026
If the idea was pitched today, it may have been derided as a cash grab.
—Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 8 Apr. 2026
But such concerns are now often derided in Silicon Valley and in Washington.
—Ronan Farrow, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
The number was almost universally derided at the time and some say the San Francisco aesthetic of the show was misunderstood.
—Culture Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Mar. 2026
Teachers unions, long derided by conservatives as one of the primary vectors of left-wing ideology into public education, have significant influence over the MSBA.
—Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 9 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for derided
Verb
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He’s ostracized, bullied, ridiculed, beaten.—
Katie Walsh,
Boston Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
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The subject of this engaging biography is the eighteenth-and-nineteenth-century naturalist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, who is often ridiculed as a faulty precursor to Darwin.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Few people had Tate mocked to go this high, especially if Arvell Reese was going to be on the board.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
24 Apr. 2026
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Sources at the premiere’s after-party speculated about whether Wintour had given her famous friends the heads-up that they were mocked in a movie that all of Conde had come up to support.—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Derided.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/derided. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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