Deride synonyms and antonyms

dĭ-rīd'

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ridicule (related)
To criticize or disapprove of someone or something through scornful jocularity; to make fun of
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jeer
To jeer is defined as to make fun of in a mean or mocking way.
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malign (related)
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chaff
To tease or ridicule in a good-natured way
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sneer
To smile derisively; show scorn or contempt as by curling the upper lip
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taunt
To drive or incite (a person) by taunting:
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twit
(Computing) To ignore or killfile (a user on a bulletin board system).
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gibe
To jeer or taunt; scoff (at)
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jest
To be playful in speech and actions; joke
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mock
To imitate in fun or derision:
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scoff
Scoff is defined as to mock or to scorn.
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scout
To scoff (at); jeer
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poke fun at
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decry (related)
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vilify (related)
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revile (related)
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castigate (related)
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lambaste (related)
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denounce (related)
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criticize (related)
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denigrate (related)
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scoff at
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insult
To treat with gross insensitivity, insolence, or contemptuous rudeness.
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razz
To tease, ridicule, deride, heckle, etc.
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laugh
Laugh is defined as to express amusement with vocal sounds and facial movements.
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fleer
To make a wry face in contempt, or to grin in scorn; to deride; to sneer; to mock; to gibe.
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hoot
To utter the characteristic cry of an owl.
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jape
To make sport of.
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jibe
To be in accord; agree:
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rally
To increase sharply in price or value after a decline:
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scorn
To consider or reject (doing something) as beneath one's dignity:
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flatter (antonym)
To try to please, or ingratiate oneself with, by praise and attention
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compliment (antonym)
To present something to (a person) as an act of politeness or respect
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revere (antonym)
To revere is to think very highly of someone or to greatly admire someone.
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praise (antonym)
Praise is defined as to give someone approval, or to thank God.
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commend (antonym)
To recommend.
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quiz
To quiz is defined as to test knowledge.
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laughter (related)
To make fun or make fun of
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respect (related)
To have respect for.
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laud (related)
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shun (related)
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  • While there was much to admire in TPM, there was also, alas, much to deride.

  • The upholders of such a theory would, in general, deride the term `"metaphysics" or "ontology"; but it is evident, none the less, that their position itself implies a certain theory of the universe and of our own place in it, and the establishment of this theory constitutes their metaphysics.

  • Well might the Dead who struggled in the slime, Rise and deride this sepulcher of crime.

  • However the true error is made by those who deride the supposed cretins, morons and seven year olds.

  • Meanwhile newly-conquered England had its own problems to solve; and Germany, torn by civil war, and not naturally quick to kindle, could only deride the "delirium" of the crusader.'

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