derided
/dɪɹˈaɪdɪd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.77 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Disparaged; subject to criticism or mockery.
verb
simple past and past participle of deride
Example Sentences
- "[…] but while they own what G. Fox hath written, and that he writ it with a perfect spirit: I say untill they do make some Recantation or Retractation: or shew the Reasons why they doe not, H. Norton who keeps more plainly to his Principles is to windward of them, and the Foxians do but strip themselves naked to be more derided and scorned as the more notorious Juglers and Dissemblers ."
- "There is nothing more derided than the raptures of a young affection."
- "Moreover, the legacy of anti-Asian racism has meant that even relatively modest efforts on foreign policy have been, as Paul Watanabe notes, "more discouraged than encouraged, more derided than applauded.""
Inflected Forms
more derided (comparative)
most derided (superlative)