All 3 Uses of
deride
in
Moby Dick
- ...laughed the stranger, with a solemnly derisive sort of laugh.
Chpt 19-21 *derisive = treating as inferior and unworthy of respect
- As for Derick, he seemed quite confident that this would be the case, and occasionally with a deriding gesture shook his lamp-feeder at the other boats.†
Chpt 79-81
- —I am immortal then, on land and on sea," cried Ahab, with a laugh of derision;—"Immortal on land and on sea!"†
Chpt 115-117
Definition:
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(deride) to criticize with strong disrespect -- often
with humor