Both Uses of
deride
in
Notes from the Underground
- Of Simonov's two visitors, one was Ferfitchkin, a Russianised German—a little fellow with the face of a monkey, a blockhead who was always deriding everyone, a very bitter enemy of mine from our days in the lower forms—a vulgar, impudent, swaggering fellow, who affected a most sensitive feeling of personal honour, though, of course, he was a wretched little coward at heart.†
Chpt 2.3deriding = laughing at or making fun of--while showing a lack of respect
- To escape from their derision I purposely began to make all the progress I could with my studies and forced my way to the very top.†
Chpt 2.3 *derision = critical disrespect -- typically while laughing at or making fun of
Definition:
to criticize with strong disrespect -- often
with humor
with humor