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Mockingly :: Mockingly (adv.) By way of derision; in a contemptuous or mocking manner.

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

Shame :: Shame (n.) Reproach incurred or suffered; dishonor; ignominy; derision; contempt.

Mock :: Mock (n.) An act of ridicule or derision; a scornful or contemptuous act or speech; a sneer; a jibe; a jeer.

Pooh-pooh :: Pooh-pooh (v. t.) To make light of; to treat with derision or contempt, as if by saying pooh! pooh!.

Song :: Song (n.) An object of derision; a laughingstock.

Reproach :: Reproach (v.) An object of blame, censure, scorn, 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..

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.

Splaymouthed :: Splaymouth (n.) A wide mouth; a mouth stretched in derision.

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..

Derisive :: Derisive (a.) Expressing, serving for, or characterized by, derision..

Nickname :: Nickname (n.) A name given in contempt, derision, or sportive familiarity; a familiar or an opprobrious appellation..

Chuckle :: Chuckle (n.) A short, suppressed laugh; the expression of satisfaction, exultation, or derision..

Bogtrotter :: Bogtrotter (n.) One who lives in a boggy country; -- applied in derision to the lowest class of Irish.

Jeer :: Jeer (v. t.) To treat with scoffs or derision; to address with jeers; to taunt; to flout; to mock at.

Scorn :: Scorn (n.) An object of extreme disdain, contempt, or derision..

Whoop :: Whoop (v. t.) To insult with shouts; to chase with derision.

Subscapular :: Subsannation (n.) Derision; mockery.

Ludificatory :: Ludificatory (a.) Making sport; tending to excite derision.

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