Definition of derision

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Derision (n.) An object of derision or scorn; a laughing-stock.

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Derision :: Derision (n.) An object of derision or scorn; a laughing-stock.
Splaymouthed :: Splaymouth (n.) A wide mouth; a mouth stretched in derision.
Chuckle :: Chuckle (n.) A short, suppressed laugh; the expression of satisfaction, exultation, or derision..
Whoop :: Whoop (v. t.) To insult with shouts; to chase with derision.
Derisive :: Derisive (a.) Expressing, serving for, or characterized by, derision..
Song :: Song (n.) An object of derision; a laughingstock.
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.
Geck :: Geck (n.) Scorn, derision, or contempt..
Deridingly :: Deridingly (adv.) By way of derision or mockery.
Aha :: Aha (interj.) An exclamation expressing, by different intonations, triumph, mixed with derision or irony, or simple surprise..
Pooh-pooh :: Pooh-pooh (v. t.) To make light of; to treat with derision or contempt, as if by saying pooh! pooh!.
Scorn :: Scorn (n.) An object of extreme disdain, contempt, or derision..
Flear :: Flear (n.) A word or look of derision or mockery.
Hoker :: Hoker (n.) Scorn; derision; abusive talk.
Mock :: Mock (n.) An act of ridicule or derision; a scornful or contemptuous act or speech; a sneer; a jibe; a jeer.
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..
Derision :: Derision (n.) The act of deriding, or the state of being derided; mockery; scornful or contemptuous treatment which holds one up to ridicule..
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..
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..
Irrision :: Irrision (n.) The act of laughing at another; derision.
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