different between derisive vs deride

English

Etymology

From the participle stem of Latin d?r?de? (“I deride”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /d???a?.s?v/, /d????.s?v/
• Rhymes: -a?s?v

Adjective

derisive (comparative more derisive, superlative most derisive)

1. Expressing or characterized by derision; mocking; ridiculing.

   The critic's review of the film was derisive.

2. Deserving or provoking derision or ridicule.

   The plot of the film was so derisive that the audience began to jeer.

Synonyms

• (expressing or characterized by derision): mocking, ridiculing, scornful, disdainful
• (deserving or provoking derision): ridiculous

Derived terms

• derisively
• derisiveness
• underisive

Related terms

Translations

Noun

derisive (plural derisives)

1. (rare) A derisive remark.

References

• derisive in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• desirive

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