All 8 Uses of
deride
in
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- the wicket where the bulls of Pope Benedict were torn, and whence those who had brought them departed decked out, in derision, in copes and mitres, and making an apology through all Paris?†
Chpt 1.1.1derision = critical disrespect -- typically while laughing at or making fun of
- And above all the voices, that of Johannes de Molendino was audible, piercing the uproar like the fife's derisive serenade: "Commence instantly!" yelped the scholar.†
Chpt 1.1.2derisive = contemptuous (treating as inferior and unworthy of respect)
- In the meantime, all the beggars, all the lackeys, all the cutpurses, joined with the scholars, had gone in procession to seek, in the cupboard of the law clerks' company, the cardboard tiara, and the derisive robe of the Pope of the Fools.†
Chpt 1.1.5
- And he accepted seriously all this ironical applause, all this derisive respect, with which the crowd mingled, it must be admitted, a good deal of very real fear.†
Chpt 1.2.3
- Archdeacon Claude had the credit also of having fathomed the mystery of the colossus of Saint Christopher, and of that lofty, enigmatical statue which then stood at the entrance of the vestibule, and which the people, in derision, called "Monsieur Legris."†
Chpt 1.4.5derision = critical disrespect -- typically while laughing at or making fun of
- He cast the same glance about him, but it was so dull and sleepy that the women only pointed him out to each other in derision.†
Chpt 1.6.1
- All this only increased the derision and hooting.
Chpt 1.6.4 *
- He perceived in all these incidents much more magic than love, probably a sorceress, perhaps the devil; a comedy, in short, or to speak in the language of that day, a very disagreeable mystery, in which he played a very awkward part, the role of blows and derision.†
Chpt 2.8.6
Definition:
to criticize with strong disrespect -- often
with humor
with humor