as in ridiculed
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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Recent Examples of derided
Most significant, though, was the presence of Egil Olsen, a manager derided as a dinosaur at the time but who looks, in hindsight, an awful lot like a pioneer.
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Rory Smith, The Athletic, 22 Mar. 2025
The layoffs have ignited protests against Musk and DOGE, while critics have also derided the CEO's support of far-right groups.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2025
The prospect became actively derided after 1950, with the publication of Immanuel Velikovsky’s Worlds in Collision.
—Thomas Moynihan, Big Think, 7 Mar. 2025
Although appetites for visions of collision and calamity remained healthy beyond, the prospect of cometary catastrophe became derided in the annals of serious science.
—Thomas Moynihan, Big Think, 7 Mar. 2025
The campaign, aimed at attracting Australian visitors to its islands, was called 'Everyone Must Go,' but it was derided for sounding like a clearance sale and because there have been, as The Guardian says, lots of job cuts in the public sector and record numbers of people moving away.
—Alex Ledsom, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
The move was derided by a number of LGBTQ+ groups, who were caught off-guard by the move.
—Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 6 Mar. 2025
The case was written up in the Mexican media with indignation (primarily highlighting the work’s political incorrectness), and countless local outlets derided Gallardo with xenophobic condescension.
—Fabiola Iza, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2025
In the Sixties, psychoanalysis came under attack from feminists, as well as from advocates of community mental-health services who derided the practice as a luxury for the well-off.
—Maggie Doherty, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
Rory Smith, The Athletic, 22 Mar. 2025
The layoffs have ignited protests against Musk and DOGE, while critics have also derided the CEO's support of far-right groups.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2025
The prospect became actively derided after 1950, with the publication of Immanuel Velikovsky’s Worlds in Collision.
—Thomas Moynihan, Big Think, 7 Mar. 2025
Although appetites for visions of collision and calamity remained healthy beyond, the prospect of cometary catastrophe became derided in the annals of serious science.
—Thomas Moynihan, Big Think, 7 Mar. 2025
The campaign, aimed at attracting Australian visitors to its islands, was called 'Everyone Must Go,' but it was derided for sounding like a clearance sale and because there have been, as The Guardian says, lots of job cuts in the public sector and record numbers of people moving away.
—Alex Ledsom, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
The move was derided by a number of LGBTQ+ groups, who were caught off-guard by the move.
—Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 6 Mar. 2025
The case was written up in the Mexican media with indignation (primarily highlighting the work’s political incorrectness), and countless local outlets derided Gallardo with xenophobic condescension.
—Fabiola Iza, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2025
In the Sixties, psychoanalysis came under attack from feminists, as well as from advocates of community mental-health services who derided the practice as a luxury for the well-off.
—Maggie Doherty, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
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“Derided.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/derided. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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