Both Uses of
deride
in
The God of Small Things
- Every morning at breakfast the Imperial Entomologist derided his argumentative Marxist son by reading out newspaper reports of the riots, strikes and incidents of police brutality that convulsed Kerala.†
Chpt 2
- His children deride him.
Chpt 12 *deride = laugh at or made fun of
Definition:
-
(deride) to criticize with strong disrespect -- often
with humor