deride

About 0.21 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly; to ridicule, to scorn.
2. verb To laugh in a harshly mocking manner.

Similar words

jeer ridicule fleer sneer scorn disparage ridiculize ridiculise shame laugh to scorn

Often followed by

the and it him them his or me their

Word family

derided derider deriders derides deriding deridingly