deride
Treat with contempt
To deride is to mock or ridicule with contempt: Critics derided the proposal as naive.
The word carries more scorn than simple teasing—derision aims to diminish its target.
She derided his attempts at poetry.
The noun is derision; the adjective derisive.
Scornful imitation or fake
- tauntInsulting provocation
- jeerVocal expression of scorn
- scoffMock with disdain
- lampoonHarsh public mockery
satirize · parody · caricature · gibe · heckle · jape · sneer · travesty
To make something seem unimportant
- diminishTo make smaller
- disparageExpress low opinion of
- deprecateExpress earnest disapproval
- demeanLower in standing
denigrate · trivialize · minimize · downplay · discredit · devalue · cheapen · deflate
mock
Scornful imitation or fake
lampoon · satirize · parody · caricature · gibe · heckle · jape · sneer · travesty · burlesque
belittle
To make something seem unimportant
demean · denigrate · trivialize · minimize · downplay · discredit · devalue · cheapen · deflate · put down
scorn
Hostile dismissive feeling
rebuff · snub · look down on · disrespect · revile · vilify · despise · loathe · abhor · hold in contempt
sardonic
Grimly mocking
quip · jibe · cutting remark · barb · zingers · biting · caustic · acerbic · mordant · sneering
- contemptcontempt, scorn, disdain, despise, sneer
- disparagementdefame, denigrate, disparage, malign, slander
- tauntstaunts, taunt, taunting, neener neener, insults
- teasingtease, teasing, rib, ribbing, josh
- mockingmock, tease, taunt, jeer, poke fun
- judgmentsjudgment call, judge, moral judgment, criticize, value judgment