derision

Noun

Meaning

The act of deriding, or the state of being derided; mockery; scornful or contemptuous treatment which holds one up to ridicule.

An object of derision or scorn; a laughing-stock.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

ridicule contempt insult mockery scorn raspberry quinine criticism abuse joke satire shame condemnation disdain humiliation
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Antonyms

court account adore respect honor approval
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Hypernyms

offense offence disrespect discourtesy offensive activity

Hyponyms

mock mockery squelch scoff jeering scoffing

Related terms

ridiculous ridicule deride ridiculosity derider

Phrases with the word

object of derision while derision is commonly bitter and scornful

Anagrams

resinoid ironside

Examples

That's what the Nazis did, isn't it? Treated those "others" they thought subhuman by making them lab subjects and so on. Even the Nazis didn't eat the objects of their derision. Ingrid Newkirk

Reeling and Writhing of course, to begin with,' the Mock Turtle replied, 'and the different branches of arithmetic-ambition, distraction, uglification, and derision. Lewis Carroll

In the pulpit, hypocrites have been worshiped; upon the stage they have been held up to derision and execration. Robert G. Ingersoll

Perhaps the people I choose to paint are often objects of derision celebrity is a bit of a put-down term, isn't it? But to me they are my world. Stella Vine

Shame can kill the imagination. It's hard to keep writing in the face of cultural derision. Eloisa James

He must be independent and brave, and sure of himself and of the importance of his work, because if he isn't he will never survive the scorching blasts of derision that will probably greet his first efforts. Robert E. Sherwood

Close letter words and terms

derisable derisible derisibly derisive derisively derisiveness