Vocabulary

deride

嘲笑(ちょうしょう)する

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Samraworld Dictionary

(1) Verb
To laugh at or insult with contempt. To express a lack of respect or approval of something.
笑(わら)ったり侮辱(ぶじょく)したりすること。何(なに)かに対(たい)する敬意(けいい)や承認(しょうにん)の欠如(けつじょ)を表現(ひょうげん)すること。

Examples

  1. The movie was widely derided by critics as being historically inaccurate.

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