1. expressing contempt for; ridiculing
Usage: present participle of ‘deride’

Examples

• The critics were deriding the new movie as poorly written.
• She felt hurt by her classmates deriding her accent.
• The politician spent most of the debate deriding his opponent’s policies.
• Instead of deriding their efforts, we should offer constructive feedback.
• The comedian made a living deriding social conventions.
• He regretted deriding his brother’s dreams of becoming an artist.