ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Deriding

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Deriding is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of deride.

Meaning

present participle and gerund of deride.

More Meanings

  1. An act of derision.

Example Sentences

The written word tells us our duty, and we ought to accomplish in solemn silence, but not with revilings and deridings of our pure, holy, and just intentions, the destruction of a race, cursed by divine judgment, […]

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include ludification, jeering, revilement, denouncement, rebuking, decrying.

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