derides
Treats with contempt
Derides means mocks or ridicules with contempt.
To deride someone is to express scorn for them or their ideas: Critics derided the proposal as naive.
The tone is dismissive rather than playful—derision suggests the target isn't worth taking seriously.
He derided her attempts to learn the piano.
Mocks through exaggerated imitation
- satirizesMocks through exaggeration
- parodiesSatirical imitations
- caricaturesExaggerated comic depictions
- spoofsComic imitations mocking originals
sends up · mimics · burlesques · skewers · roasts · pillories · travesties · makes fun of
Verbally harasses a performer
- gibesScornful mocking remarks
- needlesSlender pointed instruments
- provokesIncites a reaction
- baitsEntices or harasses
goads · harasses · teases · razzes · ribs · chaffs · torments · badgers
Views with contempt
- despisesFeels intense aversion toward
- looks down onRegards as inferior
- belittlesDiminishes someone's worth
- disparagesCriticizes to diminish worth
lampoons
Mocks through exaggerated imitation
- satirizesMocks through exaggeration
- parodiesSatirical imitations
- caricaturesExaggerated comic depictions
spoofs · sends up · mimics · burlesques · skewers · roasts · pillories · travesties · makes fun of · takes off
heckles
Verbally harasses a performer
baits · goads · harasses · teases · razzes · ribs · chaffs · torments · badgers · mocks
disdains
Views with contempt
- despisesFeels intense aversion toward
- looks down onRegards as inferior
- belittlesDiminishes someone's worth
disparages · dismisses · rebuffs · spurns · holds in contempt
- criticismscriticizes, disparages, condemns, denounces, censures
- mocksmocks, teases, taunts, jeers, scoffs