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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of deride.

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Examples

  • I am saying we are negative minded and that such negativity much of which is derided from the press leads to apathy, lack of respect and morale attitude amongst us.

    You and who’s army? « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2007

  • The development of Anthrop Capital - which is derided from the Greek word for human, anthropos - is revealed in the

    Rss news feed for Morning Advertiser 2010

  • The development of Anthrop Capital - which is derided from the Greek word for human, anthropos - is revealed in the

    Rss news feed for Morning Advertiser 2010

  • The development of Anthrop Capital - which is derided from the Greek word for human, anthropos - is revealed in the

    Rss news feed for Morning Advertiser 2010

  • The 2009 Occhipinti SP68, a Sicilian red, won raves for the wine (bright red fruit, good acidity, soft tannins), but the label was derided as ugly and the alphanumeric name was deemed "cheesy" (never mind it's the road that runs by the winemaker's house).

    Judging a Wine by What It Wears Lettie Teague 2011

  • Take for example, the West Midlands MP, Sion Simon who as you may recall derided David Cameron for trying to be just like you.

    Archive 2007-10-01 2007

  • It is no wonder therefore that men take it heinously to be laughed at or derided, that is, triumphed over.

    The Elements of Law Natural and Politic 1650

  • Lewis's Narnia stories "morally loathsome," and in a 1998 essay for the Guardian, "The Dark Side of Narnia," derided "the misognyny, the racism, the sado-masochistic relish for violence that permeates the whole cycle"?

    Archive 2005-12-01 Douglas Hoffman 2005

  • Lewis's Narnia stories "morally loathsome," and in a 1998 essay for the Guardian, "The Dark Side of Narnia," derided "the misognyny, the racism, the sado-masochistic relish for violence that permeates the whole cycle"?

    The Anti-Lewis Douglas Hoffman 2005

  • It's interesting, of course, Bush kind of derided Bill Clinton for investing too much in Boris Yeltsin.

    CNN Transcript Nov 18, 2001 2001

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