- apple
- caricature
- deride
- deride someone/something as something
- derisive
- lampoon
- lay yourself open to ridicule idiom
- make a mockery of something idiom
- make a monkey out of someone idiom
- mimic
- mimicry
- mockery
- piss
- sardonically
- scoff
- scoffer
- self-caricature
- self-mockery
- spoof
- tauntingly
Meaning of derision in English
derision | American Dictionary
derisive
adjective us
/dɪˈrɑɪ·sɪv, -zɪv/ (also derisory, us/dɪˈrɑɪ·sə·ri, -zə·ri/)
derisive laughter
Examples of derision
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When small groups of women began kneeling in prayer outside saloons in the 1870s, they met with derision.
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Students were well aware of others' mixed feelings of pity and derision towards their ongoing efforts.
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In addition, its insistence on a tone of derision is surely heavy-handed if it aims at application to irony in general.
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When first introduced, the device was an object of derision among many.
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They became objects of elite derision and came to personify the breakdown of morality in the city's overcrowded tenements.
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His lecture had, at the time, attracted little but derision.
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Their private derision at the time gave way to amusement when, years later, they recalled the incident.
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His spiritual quest for simplicity and serenity has often been met with critical derision and accusations of 'dumbing down'.
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It enjoyed little support from the scientific community and it suffered scorn and derision from the tobacco industry.
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Overall, we challenge training programs and accrediting agencies to consider socialization experiences that encourage respect and concern rather than condescension or derision.
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The very derision aroused in the spectators by the exotic space empties it of its evocative and expressive power.
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Many terms reflect this derision and contempt.
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Majority rule, which they championed in the face of fear and derision, is today the law of the land.
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His comment was greeted at the time with laughter and derision from the -oor, most likely encouraged by me.
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Surin, of course, was holding such practices up to derision rather than endorsing them, and could now count on his listeners' understanding and agreement.
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