Definition of derision

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

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Mockery :: Mockery (n.) Insulting or contemptuous action or speech; contemptuous merriment; derision; ridicule.
Mock :: Mock (n.) An act of ridicule or derision; a scornful or contemptuous act or speech; a sneer; a jibe; a jeer.
Derisive :: Derisive (a.) Expressing, serving for, or characterized by, derision..
Mockery :: Mockery (n.) Subject of laughter, derision, or sport..
Flear :: Flear (n.) A word or look of derision or mockery.
Shame :: Shame (n.) Reproach incurred or suffered; dishonor; ignominy; derision; contempt.
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.
Reproach :: Reproach (v.) An object of blame, censure, scorn, or derision..
Whoop :: Whoop (v. t.) To insult with shouts; to chase with derision.
Splaymouthed :: Splaymouth (n.) A wide mouth; a mouth stretched in derision.
Scoff :: Scoff (n.) Derision; ridicule; mockery; derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach..
Nigger :: Nigger (n.) A negro; -- in vulgar derision or depreciation.
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..
Pooh-pooh :: Pooh-pooh (v. t.) To make light of; to treat with derision or contempt, as if by saying pooh! pooh!.
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..
Mocking :: Mocking (a.) Imitating, esp. in derision, or so as to cause derision; mimicking; derisive..
Mockingly :: Mockingly (adv.) By way of derision; in a contemptuous or mocking manner.
Aha :: Aha (interj.) An exclamation expressing, by different intonations, triumph, mixed with derision or irony, or simple surprise..
Stargaser :: Stargaser (n.) One who gazes at the stars; an astrologer; sometimes, in derision or contempt, an astronomer..
Sport :: Sport (n.) Mock; mockery; contemptuous mirth; derision.
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