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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Whoop :: Whoop (v. t.) To insult with shouts; to chase with derision.
Song :: Song (n.) An object of derision; a laughingstock.
Shame :: Shame (n.) Reproach incurred or suffered; dishonor; ignominy; derision; contempt.
Ludificatory :: Ludificatory (a.) Making sport; tending to excite derision.
Reproach :: Reproach (v.) An object of blame, censure, scorn, or derision..
Scorn :: Scorn (v. i.) To scoff; to mock; to show contumely, derision, or reproach; to act disdainfully..
Nigger :: Nigger (n.) A negro; -- in vulgar derision or depreciation.
Quaker :: Quaker (n.) One of a religious sect founded by George Fox, of Leicestershire, England, about 1650, -- the members of which call themselves Friends. They were called Quakers, originally, in derision. See Friend, n., 4..
Mockingly :: Mockingly (adv.) By way of derision; in a contemptuous or mocking manner.
Jeer :: "Jeer (v.) To utter sarcastic or scoffing reflections; to speak with mockery or derision; to use taunting language; to scoff; as, to jeer at a speaker..
Geck :: Geck (n.) Scorn, derision, or contempt..
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..
Bogtrotter :: Bogtrotter (n.) One who lives in a boggy country; -- applied in derision to the lowest class of Irish.
Hoker :: Hoker (n.) Scorn; derision; abusive talk.
Mock :: Mock (v. t.) To imitate; to mimic; esp., to mimic in sport, contempt, or derision; to deride by mimicry..
Derisive :: Derisive (a.) Expressing, serving for, or characterized by, derision..
Mockingstock :: Mockingstock (n.) A butt of sport; an object of derision.
Jeer :: Jeer (v. t.) To treat with scoffs or derision; to address with jeers; to taunt; to flout; to mock at.
Clap :: Clap (v. t.) To express contempt or derision.
Cock :: Cock (v. t.) To turn (the eye) obliquely and partially close its lid, as an expression of derision or insinuation..
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