All 3 Uses of
deride
in
Steppenwolf
- Were we, the old connoisseurs, the reverers of Europe as it used to be, of genuine music and poetry as once they were, nothing but a pig-headed minority suffering from a complex neurosis, whom tomorrow would forget or deride?†
- Let no one think that I blame other men, though now and then in these pages I scorn and even deride them,†
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- He gave a derisive snort, just as he used to do as a boy.†
Definition:
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(deride) to criticize with strong disrespect -- often
with humor