Derision
[dɪ'rɪʒ(ə)n] or [dɪ'rɪʒn]
Definition
(noun.) the act of deriding or treating with contempt.
(noun.) contemptuous laughter.
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Definition
(n.) The act of deriding, or the state of being derided; mockery; scornful or contemptuous treatment which holds one up to ridicule.
(n.) An object of derision or scorn; a laughing-stock.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Ridicule, mockery, scorn, contempt.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Scorn, contempt, mockery, irony, sarcasm, contumely, disrespect
ANT:Respect, regard, admiration, reverence
Checker: Walter
Definition
n. act of deriding: mockery: a laughing-stock.—adjs. Derī′sive Derīs′ory mocking.—adv. Derī′sively.—n. Derī′siveness.
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Examples
- For a short while the world outside of Menlo Park held Edison's claims in derision. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- De Bracy bowed low and in silence, and was about to withdraw, when the yeomen burst at once into a shout of execration and derision. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- It was here that they blindfolded him and struck him, and said in derision, Prophesy who it is that smote thee. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I'll be bitterly merry, and ironically gay, and I'll laugh in derision. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- She paused, and again sounded a faint note of derision. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- After receiving the charge with every mark of derision, the pupils formed in line and buzzingly passed a ragged book from hand to hand. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- She looked at his two sisters, and saw them making signs of derision at each other, and at Darcy, who continued, however, imperturbably grave. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- The idea of comparing the market at Bruges with those of Dublin, although she had suggested it herself, caused immense scorn and derision on her part. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Archer echoed with a touch of derision. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- That the world does so, is visible by the derision with which his name is treated whenever it is mentioned. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Diggory withdrew with an emphatic step, Wildeve's eye passing over his form in withering derision, as if he were no more than a heath-cropper. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
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