Deride
/dɪˈraɪd/noun
To mock or laugh at someone or something in contempt.
Did you know?Deride comes from Latin deridere, literally “to laugh down at,” from de- (“down, away”) + ridere (“to laugh”), showing how contempt was built right into the word.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*reid-
“to laugh”
Latin
Latin
ridere
“to laugh”
Latin
Latin
deridere
“to laugh at, mock; to scoff at”
Old French
Old French
derider
“to mock, ridicule”
Middle English
English
deriden
“to mock, laugh at contemptuously”
Modern English
English
deride
“to mock or laugh at in contempt”
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