deride

Etymology

From Middle French dérider, from Latin dērīdeō (“to mock, laugh at”), from dē- (“from, down from”) + rīdeō (“to laugh”).

verb

1. (transitive) To harshly mock; ridicule.
   Italy's eventual win was worthy of an audience filling Wembley twice over, the joy of Mancini and his players a brutal contrast to the despair of much-derided Spain striker Alvaro Morata, who had actually rescued them with an equaliser in normal time after Federico Chiesa's superb opener for Italy. July 6 2021, Phil McNulty, “Italy beat Spain on penalties: 'Pure theatre as Italy present formidable obstacle in final'”, in BBC Sport