deride

deride is a 6-letter English word with 2 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To laugh at with contempt; to laugh to scorn; to turn to ridicule or make sport of; to mock; to scoff at. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 8 · 2 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To laugh at with contempt; to laugh to scorn; to turn to ridicule or make sport of; to mock; to scoff at.
2. verb. treat or speak of with contempt

   "He derided his student's attempt to solve the biggest problem in mathematics"

Common word forms

derided, derider, derides, deriding

Words from these letters

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