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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Laugh :: Laugh (v. i.) To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and eyes, and usually accompanied by the emission of explosive or chuckling sounds from the chest and throat; to indulge in laughter..
Irrision :: Irrision (n.) The act of laughing at another; derision.
Geck :: Geck (n.) Scorn, derision, or contempt..
Ludificatory :: Ludificatory (a.) Making sport; tending to excite derision.
Splaymouthed :: Splaymouth (n.) A wide mouth; a mouth stretched in derision.
Hoker :: Hoker (n.) Scorn; derision; abusive talk.
Cock :: Cock (v. t.) To turn (the eye) obliquely and partially close its lid, as an expression of derision or insinuation..
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..
Chuckle :: Chuckle (n.) A short, suppressed laugh; the expression of satisfaction, exultation, or derision..
Song :: Song (n.) An object of derision; a laughingstock.
Bogtrotter :: Bogtrotter (n.) One who lives in a boggy country; -- applied in derision to the lowest class of Irish.
Scorn :: Scorn (v. i.) To scoff; to mock; to show contumely, derision, or reproach; to act disdainfully..
Stargaser :: Stargaser (n.) One who gazes at the stars; an astrologer; sometimes, in derision or contempt, an astronomer..
Derisive :: Derisive (a.) Expressing, serving for, or characterized by, derision..
Mock :: Mock (n.) An act of ridicule or derision; a scornful or contemptuous act or speech; a sneer; a jibe; a jeer.
Scoff :: Scoff (v. t.) To treat or address with derision; to assail scornfully; to mock at.
Chuckle :: Chuckle (v. i.) To laugh in a suppressed or broken manner, as expressing inward satisfaction, exultation, or derision..
Deridingly :: Deridingly (adv.) By way of derision or mockery.
Nigger :: Nigger (n.) A negro; -- in vulgar derision or depreciation.
Subscapular :: Subsannation (n.) Derision; mockery.
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