Thesaurus: derision

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1. n. The act of deriding, or the state of being derided; mockery; scornful or contemptuous treatment which holds one up to ridicule.
2. n. An object of derision or scorn; a laughing-stock.
3. n. contemptuous laughter
4. n. the act of deriding or treating with contempt
5. 1. The act of deriding, or the state of being derided; mockery; scornful or contemptuous treatment which holds one up to ridicule. He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh; the Lord shall have them in derision. Ps. ii. 4. Saderision called. Milton. 2. An object of derision or scorn; a laughing-stock. I was a derision to all my people. Lam. iii. 14. Syn. -- Scorn; mockery; contempt; insult; ridicule.
6. n:100 n. contemptuous laughter n. the act of deriding or treating with contempt