Both Uses of
deride
in
Kidnapped
- Thereupon the captain ascended the ladder; and I ... beheld Mr. Riach turn after him and bow as low as to his knees in what was plainly a spirit of derision.
Chpt 7 *derision = critical disrespect -- typically while laughing at or making fun of
- To be sure, I would tell him how kindly I had myself been used upon that dry land he was so much afraid of, and how well fed and carefully taught both by my friends and my parents: and if he had been recently hurt, he would weep bitterly and swear to run away; but if he was in his usual crackbrain humour, or (still more) if he had had a glass of spirits in the roundhouse, he would deride the notion.†
Chpt 7
Definition:
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(deride) to criticize with strong disrespect -- often
with humor