All 6 Uses of
deride
in
Underworld by DeLillo
- they admire the clarity of his wit, the fine edge of insult and derision.
*derision = treatment of others (or possibly things) as inferior and unworthy of respect
- Sims had a derisive smile, a fleer, and it grew meaner by the second.†
- We wanted to be amused and slightly derisive.†
- Not that he didn't have a spiritual side that Chuckie responded to, You only had to listen to his Stories of the early A-tests over Nevada—stories he'd told dozens of times through the years in lonely barracks in Greenland, Goose Bay and a number of remote SAC bases in the continental U. S. "I don't think you ought to deride."†
- Deride.†
- I rather deride her than ride her, tell you the truth.†
Definition:
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(deride) to criticize with strong disrespect -- often
with humor