Definition of derision

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

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Scoff :: Scoff (n.) Derision; ridicule; mockery; derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach..
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..
Scoff :: Scoff (n.) An object of scorn, mockery, or derision..
Reproach :: Reproach (v.) An object of blame, censure, scorn, or derision..
Scorn :: Scorn (n.) An object of extreme disdain, contempt, or derision..
Shame :: Shame (n.) Reproach incurred or suffered; dishonor; ignominy; derision; contempt.
Jeer :: Jeer (v. t.) To treat with scoffs or derision; to address with jeers; to taunt; to flout; to mock at.
Mocking :: Mocking (a.) Imitating, esp. in derision, or so as to cause derision; mimicking; derisive..
Geck :: Geck (n.) Scorn, derision, or contempt..
Mockingly :: Mockingly (adv.) By way of derision; in a contemptuous or mocking manner.
Flear :: Flear (n.) A word or look of derision or mockery.
Scoff :: Scoff (v. t.) To treat or address with derision; to assail scornfully; to mock at.
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..
Nigger :: Nigger (n.) A negro; -- in vulgar derision or depreciation.
Deridingly :: Deridingly (adv.) By way of derision or mockery.
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..
Pooh-pooh :: Pooh-pooh (v. t.) To make light of; to treat with derision or contempt, as if by saying pooh! pooh!.
Aha :: Aha (interj.) An exclamation expressing, by different intonations, triumph, mixed with derision or irony, or simple surprise..
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..
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