Deriding

Synonyms for "deriding" (18 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (4)

Noun(4 words)
contemptuouscontemptuous stancederidederiding attitude

Strong matches (5)

Related words (9)

Noun(8 words)
mockingmocking stanceridiculeridiculing posturescornscornfulsneering tonetaunting
Verb(1 words)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

12 entries
critical stancediscursive practiceevaluative adjectiveevaluative rhetoricmockerymocking behaviorpejorative descriptorrhetorical tacticridiculesocial behaviorverbal abuseverbal behavior

More specific

10 entries

Collocations

13 entries
deriding attitudederiding commentderiding criticsderiding ideologyderiding languagederiding opponentsderiding remarksderiding rhetoricderiding toneongoing deridingpublic deridingsustained deridingverbal deriding

Inflections

5 entries
deridedderidesderidingsmore deridingmost deriding

Derivations

5 entries

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Hour after hour in hope he bore,nor might his soul its faith give o'er; nor could the tyrant's scorn deriding, steal from that faith one thought confiding!

Source: tatoeba (1917705)

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, […]

Source: wiktionary

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