All 3 Uses of
deride
in
Rebecca
- How I blessed those solid, flannelled figures, for in a few minutes his face had settled back into repose, the colour had returned, and he was deriding the Surrey bowling in healthy irritation.†
Chpt 2
- 'I would rather leave it to you,' I repeated, 'much rather,' and into her face came the same expression I had noticed before, when first I had shaken hands with her in the hall, a look surely of derision, of definite contempt.†
Chpt 7
- There was a hint of derision in her voice,
Chpt 16 *derision = critical disrespect -- typically while laughing at or making fun of
Definition:
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(deride) to criticize with strong disrespect -- often
with humor