different between deride vs derision

English

Etymology

From Middle French dérider, from Latin d?r?de? (“to mock, laugh at”), from d?- (“from, down from”) + r?de? (“to laugh”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d???a?d/

Verb

deride (third-person singular simple present derides, present participle deriding, simple past and past participle derided)

1. (transitive) To harshly mock; ridicule.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:ridicule

Derived terms

• derider
• deridingly

Related terms

• derision
• derisive
• ridicule
• ridiculous
• ridiculosity

Translations

Further reading

• deride in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• deride in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Diedre, redied

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ide

Verb

deride

1. third-person singular present of deridere

Anagrams

• reddei

Latin

Verb

d?r?d?

1. second-person singular present active imperative of d?r?de?

Turkish

Noun

deride

1. locative singular of deri

English

Etymology

From Old French derision, from Latin d?r?si?nem, accusative of d?r?si?, from d?r?d?re ("to mock, to laugh at, to deride").

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??????n/
• Rhymes: -???n

Noun

derision (countable and uncountable, plural derisions)

1. Act of treating with disdain.
2. Something to be derided; a laughing stock.
   • 1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Chapter 14:

     Miss Briggs was not formally dismissed, but her place as companion was a sinecure and a derision […]

Related terms

• deride
• derider
• ridicule
• ridiculous
• ridiculosity

Translations

Further reading

• derision in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• derision in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Ironside, ironised, ironside, resinoid