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Derision   /dərˈɪʒən/   Listen
noun
Derision  n.  
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." "Satan beheld their plight, And to his mates thus in derision called."
2.
An object of derision or scorn; a laughing-stock. "I was a derision to all my people."
Synonyms: Scorn; mockery; contempt; insult; ridicule.





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"Derision" Quotes from Famous Books



... chiefly remembered from his alterations to the lantern tower. He erected unsightly turrets at the four corners and removed the octagon. These turrets, commonly spoken of with derision as "Dean Kipling's chimneys" were of unsuitable height, and poor detail; they were terminated with battlements. They were happily removed when the tower ...
— The Cathedral Church of Peterborough - A Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal See • W.D. Sweeting
... distresses. One was the concession of bounties to place them on a level with French and American competition; the other was the removal of the population (then numbering 17,000) to Nova Scotia or Canada. Determined to omit nothing which might make them the derision of history, they added an emphatic opinion that agriculture could ...
— The Story of Newfoundland • Frederick Edwin Smith, Earl of Birkenhead
... is said, lest some traitor should take advantage of it to give the assailants some advice, and the soldiers then conceived the idea of sticking upon the points of their pikes live cats, the cries of which seemed to show derision of ...
— A Popular History of France From The Earliest Times - Volume IV. of VI. • Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot
... your mood to-day!" exclaimed Lady Engleton. "What should we do without our Great Majority, as you call it? It is absolutely necessary to put some curb on the wild impulses of pure reason"—a sentiment that Hadria greeted with chuckles of derision. ...
— The Daughters of Danaus • Mona Caird
... each other's hair. Mary affected not to see this sisterly exchange of torture. Ned whittled a stick; and, in chorus, when their teacher told them that d-o-g spelled dog, they shouted derision, and affirmed that they had no difficulty in compelling the obedience of Stump even without this particular bit of erudition. Though Mary had always abhorred corporal punishment, she began to see ...
— Judith Of The Plains • Marie Manning


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