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Word entry · 7 letters

derided

Best crossword clue

"Mocked openly"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersSorted dddeeirStarts with DEnds with D1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Mocked, ridiculed, or treated with contempt.

Used in a sentence

  • There is nothing more derided than the raptures of a young affection.
  • Moreover, the legacy of anti-Asian racism has meant that even relatively modest efforts on foreign policy have been, as Paul Watanabe notes, "more discouraged than encouraged, more derided than applauded."

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