The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word DERIDE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result DERIDE
- It’s free to be immersed in river in Knock
- Make fun – remove dodgems?
- Mock the German papers’ English
- Scorn some madder idea
- Jeer, did ‘e, about ‘moth-eaten’ ma?
- Laugh at poor exam grades obtained by sally
- Mock journalist about journey by bike
- Scorn of French travel
- Up to a point the German instinct is to sneer
- Laugh at some of the dire drivel going round
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What does DERIDE mean?
DERIDE verb- To harshly mock; ridicule.