All 5 Uses of
deride
in
Tom Jones, by Henry Fielding
- Had not Thwackum too much neglected virtue, and Square, religion, in the composition of their several systems, and had not both utterly discarded all natural goodness of heart, they had never been represented as the objects of derision in this history; in which we will now proceed.†
Book 3derision = critical disrespect -- typically while laughing at or making fun of
- Amongst the men too, many had faith in the story; but others turned it into derision and ridicule;
Book 7 *
- We should not then have seen his gods coming on trivial errands, and often behaving themselves so as not only to forfeit all title to respect, but to become the objects of scorn and derision.†
Book 8
- This was so much the case, that neither I myself, nor my friends, could ever sit down to a meal with them without being treated with derision, because we were unacquainted with the phrases of sportsmen.†
Book 8
- She used my sister so barbarously, often upbraiding her with her birth and poverty, calling her in derision a gentlewoman, that I believe she at length broke the heart of the poor girl.†
Book 14
Definition:
to criticize with strong disrespect -- often
with humor
with humor