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.
Mocking :: Mocking (a.) Imitating, esp. in derision, or so as to cause derision; mimicking; derisive..
Shame :: Shame (n.) Reproach incurred or suffered; dishonor; ignominy; derision; contempt.
Flear :: Flear (n.) A word or look of derision or mockery.
Mockery :: Mockery (n.) Subject of laughter, derision, or sport..
Ludificatory :: Ludificatory (a.) Making sport; tending to excite derision.
Subscapular :: Subsannation (n.) Derision; mockery.
Cock :: Cock (v. t.) To turn (the eye) obliquely and partially close its lid, as an expression of derision or insinuation..
Song :: Song (n.) An object of derision; a laughingstock.
Chuckle :: Chuckle (v. i.) To laugh in a suppressed or broken manner, as expressing inward satisfaction, exultation, or 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..
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..
Scorn :: Scorn (n.) An object of extreme disdain, contempt, or derision..
Hissing :: Hissing (n.) The occasion of contempt; the object of scorn and derision.
Aha :: Aha (interj.) An exclamation expressing, by different intonations, triumph, mixed with derision or irony, or simple surprise..
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..
Clap :: Clap (v. t.) To express contempt or derision.
Bogtrotter :: Bogtrotter (n.) One who lives in a boggy country; -- applied in derision to the lowest class of Irish.
Mock :: Mock (v. t.) To imitate; to mimic; esp., to mimic in sport, contempt, or derision; to deride by mimicry..
Scorn :: Scorn (v. i.) To scoff; to mock; to show contumely, derision, or reproach; to act disdainfully..
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