Derision

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  • noun. The act of ridiculing or laughing at someone or something.
  • noun. A state of being derided.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of deriding; subjection to ridicule or mockery; contempt manifested by laughter; scorn.
  • noun. An object of derision or contempt; a laughing-stock.
  • noun. Synonyms Ridicule, mockery, gibes, scoffing, taunts, insults.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of deriding, or the state of being derided; mockery; scornful or contemptuous treatment which holds one up to ridicule.
  • noun. An object of derision or scorn; a laughing-stock.
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  • noun. Act of treating with disdain.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the act of deriding or treating with contempt
  • noun. contemptuous laughter
    • Word Usage
    "Then your soul writhed in derision, you scoffed at that which you had held to be the nobility of the soul, and you minced words satirically over the exquisiteness of the type which we have evolved."
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Parisian  circumcision  collision  decision  division  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    amazement  amusement  defiance  disapproval  execration  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    burlesque  butt  caricature  contempt  contempt  
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