Both Uses of
deride
in
A Prayer for Owen Meany
- Her brothers predictably balked at this and made derisive comments regarding the desirability of holding Hester's panties—under any circumstances.†
p. 123.1 *derisive = contemptuous (treating as inferior and unworthy of respect)
- It was not just that he was a better student, or a better driver, or so philosophically sure of himself; here was someone I had grown up with, and had grown used to teasing—I had picked him up over my head and passed him back and forth, I had derided his smallness as surely as the other children had— and yet, suddenly, by the time he was sixteen, he appeared in command.†
p. 290.4derided = laughed at or made fun of--while showing a lack of respect
Definition:
to criticize with strong disrespect -- often
with humor
with humor