'Derided' in the Bible

But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard all this, they derided us and expressed contempt toward us. They said, "What is this you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?"

Now when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall he became angry and was quite upset. He derided the Jews,