deriding


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de·ride

 (dĭ-rīd′)
tr.v. de·rid·ed, de·rid·ing, de·rides
To laugh at, speak of, or write about dismissively or contemptuously. See Synonyms at ridicule.

[Latin dērīdēre : dē-, de- + rīdēre, to laugh at.]

de·rid′er n.
de·rid′ing·ly adv.
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And it was fine to see that astonished multitude go down on their knees and beg their lives of the king they had just been deriding and insulting.
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