Both Uses of
deride
in
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets
- It is possible, perhaps, that this young man would have derided, in an axle-wide alley, the approach of a flying ferry boat.†
Chpt 4
- From above came an unceasing babble of tongues, over all of which rang the mother's derisive laughter.
Chpt 15 *derisive = contemptuous (treating as inferior and unworthy of respect)
Definition:
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(deride) to criticize with strong disrespect -- often
with humor