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adjective

Definition of deridingnext
as in mocking

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verb

present participle of deride
as in ridiculing
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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  1. ridiculing
  2. derisive
  3. mocking
Verb
  • The crypto community is ridiculing filmmaker Cullen Hoback for producing a documentary criticized for its lack of factual accuracy and its heavy reliance on suspense over substance.
    Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Despite critics ridiculing the spending practices in some states -- leading to tense debates about learning loss -- education experts told ABC News the summer programming and high-impact tutoring proved to be vital in academic recovery.
    Arthur Jones II, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2024
Definition of ridiculing
Adjective
  • Yet Horse Crazy is one of the best American novels about obsession in part because the narrator mostly dislikes Gregory, subjecting this object of lust to the same derisive interior voice that comments on virtually every other aspect of his life.
    Daniel Felsenthal, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Sanders didn’t win either primary, but the recurring debate each election cycle helped create and standardize a set of derisive talking points that remains popular today.
    Constance Grady, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Definition of derisive
Verb
  • South Park also piled on by mocking her in a recent episode.
    James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Nasrallah posed as a kind of Che Guevara of the Arab world—mocking his enemies, living mostly underground.
    Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of mocking
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deriding

de rigueur

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