Word Meanings - DERIDE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To laugh at with contempt; to laugh to scorn; to turn to ridicule or make sport of; to mock; to scoff at. And the Pharisees, also, . . . derided him. Luke xvi. 14. Sport that wrinkled Care derides. And Laughter holding both his sides. Milton. Syn.

Additional info about word: DERIDE

To laugh at with contempt; to laugh to scorn; to turn to ridicule or make sport of; to mock; to scoff at. And the Pharisees, also, . . . derided him. Luke xvi. 14. Sport that wrinkled Care derides. And Laughter holding both his sides. Milton. Syn. -- To mock; laugh at; ridicule; insult; taunt; jeer; banter; rally. -- To Deride, Ridicule, Mock, Taunt. A man may ridicule without any unkindness of feeling; his object may be to correct; as, to ridicule the follies of the age. He who derides is actuated by a severe a contemptuous spirit; as, to deride one for his religious principles. To mock is stronger, and denotes open and scornful derision; as, to mock at sin. To taunt is to reproach with the keenest insult; as, to taunt one for his misfortunes. Ridicule consists more in words than in actions; derision and mockery evince themselves in actions as well as words; taunts are always expressed in words of extreme bitterness. (more info) Etym:

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of DERIDE)

• Contemn
• Despise
• disdain
• deride
• vilify
• slight
• disregard
• scorn
• Gibe
• Sneer
• scoff
• ridicule
• jeer
• mock
• rail at
• taunt
• Jeer
• scout
• flout
• rally
• banter
• Rally Banter
• satirize
• chaff
• joke
• twit
• Scoff
• jibe
• contemn

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of DERIDE)

• Compliment
• flatter
• panegyrize
• eulogize
• Honor
• regard
• esteem
• venerate
• respect
• applaud
• salute
• Regard
• notice
• observe

Related words: (words related to DERIDE)

• DISREGARDFULLY
  Negligently; heedlessly.
• SLIGHTNESS
  The quality or state of being slight; slenderness; feebleness; superficiality; also, formerly, negligence; indifference; disregard.
• FLATTER
  1. One who, or that which, makes flat or flattens. A flat-faced fulling hammer. A drawplate with a narrow, rectangular orifice, for drawing flat strips, as watch springs, etc.
• HONORABLE
  1. Worthy of honor; fit to be esteemed or regarded; estimable; illustrious. Thy name and honorable family. Shak. 2. High-minded; actuated by principles of honor, or a scrupulous regard to probity, rectitude, or reputation. 3. Proceeding from an
• RIDICULER
  One who ridicules.
• ESTEEM
  1. To set a value on; to appreciate the worth of; to estimate; to value; to reckon. Then he forsook God, which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. Deut. xxxii. 15. Thou shouldst esteem his censure and authority to be of
• CHAFFERY
  Traffic; bargaining. Spenser.
• SLIGHTEN
  To slight. B. Jonson.
• DISDAINISHLY
  Disdainfully. Vives.
• DISDAINFUL
  Full of disdain; expressing disdain; scornful; contemptuous; haughty. From these Turning disdainful to an equal good. Akenside. -- Dis*dain"ful*ly, adv. -- Dis*dain"ful*ness, n.
• SLIGHTINGLY
  In a slighting manner.
• HONORABLENESS
  1. The state of being honorable; eminence; distinction. 2. Conformity to the principles of honor, probity, or moral rectitude; fairness; uprightness; reputableness.
• TAUNTER
  One who taunts.
• FLOUTER
  One who flouts; a mocker.
• NOTICE
  1. The act of noting, remarking, or observing; observation by the senses or intellect; cognizance; note. How ready is envy to mingle with the notices we take of other persons ! I. Watts. 2. Intelligence, by whatever means communicated; knowledge
• RESPECTER
  One who respects. A respecter of persons, one who regards or judges with partiality. Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons. Acts x.
• FLATTERY
  The act or practice of flattering; the act of pleasing by artiful commendation or compliments; adulation; false, insincere, or excessive praise. Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present. Rambler. Flattery corrupts both the receiver
• CONTEMNER
  One who contemns; a despiser; a scorner. "Contemners of the gods." South.
• ESTEEMABLE
  Worthy of esteem; estimable. "Esteemable qualities." Pope.
• DISDAINED
  Disdainful. Revenge the jeering and disdained contempt Of this proud king. Shak.
• BESCORN
  To treat with scorn. "Then was he bescorned." Chaucer.
• DISRESPECTABILITY
  Want of respectability. Thackeray.
• SUTURALLY
  In a sutural manner.
• BEFLATTER
  To flatter excessively.
• CENTRALLY
  In a central manner or situation.
• MISOBSERVE
  To observe inaccurately; to mistake in observing. Locke.
• PASTORALLY
  1. In a pastoral or rural manner. 2. In the manner of a pastor.
• MISESTEEM
  Want of esteem; disrespect. Johnson.
• DISESTEEMER
  One who disesteems. Boyle.