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Definition of Derision
1. Noun. Contemptuous laughter.
Specialized synonyms: Jeer, Jeering, Mockery, Scoff, Scoffing, Put-down, Squelch, Squelcher, Takedown, Befooling, Stultification
Derivative terms: Deride
2. Noun. The act of deriding or treating with contempt.
Generic synonyms: Discourtesy, Offence, Offense, Offensive Activity
Specialized synonyms: Mock
Derivative terms: Deride, Ridicule, Ridiculous
Definition of Derision
1. n. The act of deriding, or the state of being derided; mockery; scornful or contemptuous treatment which holds one up to ridicule.
Definition of Derision
1. Noun. Act of treating with disdain. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Derision
1. the act of deriding [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Derision
Literary usage of Derision
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: To which is by John Jamieson (1880)
"Scorn, mockery, derision. ... ie-"half in derision ;" and with this the language
agrees, as the burga mou* derides the rustic state and manners of her ..."
2. Thirty Years' View; Or, A History of the Working of the American Government by Thomas Hart Benton (1854)
"... and to effect a distribution under the disguise of a loan, and it is an artifice
which makes derision of the constitution, lets down the Senate from its ..."
3. Lives of the Queens of England: from the Norman conquest by Agnes Strickland (1848)
"... it might have been thought tha derision would have disarmed its terrors for ever.
Such would have been the case, had the periodical press of the present ..."
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