0 past simple and past participle of deride --
1 to laugh at someone or something in a way that shows you think they are stupid or of no value: --
The opposition would not tend to die out as quickly as it actually does, with its most ardent supporters being derided as fanatics, often by their co-religionists.
During his own day he was regularly derided for various reasons by, among others, two rhetorically brilliant, highly partisan writers who openly insulted males on a fairly regular basis.
After noting the abundance, the editor derided the fact that so much was left untapped, concluding that under a strong government, this wealth would have been fully developed.
This criticism gained strength from the report's relatively heavy emphasis on 'lifestyle' factors in the determination of health status - an emphasis derided as a 'blame the victim' strategy.
Enthusiasms are derided: evironmentalists are tree-huggers and live in twigloos, computer devotees are nerds and wonks, and practically anyone, it seems, can be an anorak.
The colonial texts regularly derided the manual system and called for its abolition.
Some folks who make the switch are derided as pretentious by siblings and childhood friends.
He derided authority, mocking it, chastening it, and inviting us to laugh at our own reverence for it and for the author himself.
