Definition of derision

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Derision (n.) The act of deriding, or the state of being derided; mockery; scornful or contemptuous treatment which holds one up to ridicule..

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Mockingstock :: Mockingstock (n.) A butt of sport; an object of derision.
Ridicule :: Ridicule (n.) Remarks concerning a subject or a person designed to excite laughter with a degree of contempt; wit of that species which provokes contemptuous laughter; disparagement by making a person an object of laughter; banter; -- a term lighter than derision.
Bogtrotter :: Bogtrotter (n.) One who lives in a boggy country; -- applied in derision to the lowest class of Irish.
Groan :: Groan (v. i.) To give forth a low, moaning sound in breathing; to utter a groan, as in pain, in sorrow, or in derision; to moan..
Mocking :: Mocking (a.) Imitating, esp. in derision, or so as to cause derision; mimicking; derisive..
Scoff :: Scoff (n.) An object of scorn, mockery, or derision..
Laughter :: Laughter (v. i.) A movement (usually involuntary) of the muscles of the face, particularly of the lips, with a peculiar expression of the eyes, indicating merriment, satisfaction, or derision, and usually attended by a sonorous and interrupted expulsion of air from the lungs. See Laugh, v. i..
Nickname :: Nickname (n.) A name given in contempt, derision, or sportive familiarity; a familiar or an opprobrious appellation..
Mock :: Mock (v. t.) To imitate; to mimic; esp., to mimic in sport, contempt, or derision; to deride by mimicry..
Hissing :: Hissing (n.) The occasion of contempt; the object of scorn and derision.
Reproach :: Reproach (v.) An object of blame, censure, scorn, or derision..
Scorn :: Scorn (n.) An object of extreme disdain, contempt, or derision..
Mockery :: Mockery (n.) Insulting or contemptuous action or speech; contemptuous merriment; derision; ridicule.
Derisive :: Derisive (a.) Expressing, serving for, or characterized by, derision..
Whoop :: Whoop (v. t.) To insult with shouts; to chase with derision.
Cock :: Cock (v. t.) To turn (the eye) obliquely and partially close its lid, as an expression of derision or insinuation..
Scorn :: Scorn (v. i.) To scoff; to mock; to show contumely, derision, or reproach; to act disdainfully..
Flear :: Flear (n.) A word or look of derision or mockery.
Aha :: Aha (interj.) An exclamation expressing, by different intonations, triumph, mixed with derision or irony, or simple surprise..
Scoff :: Scoff (v. t.) To treat or address with derision; to assail scornfully; to mock at.
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