Derided

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Deride \De*ride"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Derided}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Deriding}.] [L. deridere, derisum; de- + rid?re to laugh.
     See {Ridicule}.]
     To laugh at with contempt; to laugh to scorn; to turn to
     ridicule or make sport of; to mock; to scoff at.
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           And the Pharisees, also, . . . derided him. --Luke xvi.
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           Sport that wrinkled Care derides.
           And Laughter holding both his sides.     --Milton.
  
     Syn: To mock; laugh at; ridicule; insult; taunt; jeer;
          banter; rally.
  
     Usage: To {Deride}, {Ridicule}, {Mock}, {Taunt}. A man may
            ridicule without any unkindness of feeling; his object
            may be to correct; as, to ridicule the follies of the
            age. He who derides is actuated by a severe a
            contemptuous spirit; as, to deride one for his
            religious principles. To mock is stronger, and denotes
            open and scornful derision; as, to mock at sin. To
            taunt is to reproach with the keenest insult; as, to
            taunt one for his misfortunes. Ridicule consists more
            in words than in actions; derision and mockery evince
            themselves in actions as well as words; taunts are
            always expressed in words of extreme bitterness.
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