deride Copy link Outline 1. dērīdeo, si, sum, 22. rīdeo, irrīdeo (also with acc.)3. illūdo, si, sum, 3 (with dat.) • deride: 1. dērīdeo, si, sum, 2: to d. and despise any one, aliquem d. atque contemnere, Cic. (But the word is stronger than in Eng., and usu. implies that the person deriding has an advantage enabling him to do so with reason.) 2. rīdeo, irrīdeo (also with acc.): v. to ridicule. 3. illūdo, si, sum, 3 (with dat.): v. to mock, laugh at.