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n. Contemptuous or jeering laughter; ridicule.

n. A state of being derided: The proposal was held in derision by members of the board.

n. An object of ridicule; a laughingstock.

n. Act of treating with disdain.

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

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

n. The act of deriding; subjection to ridicule or mockery; contempt manifested by laughter; scorn.

n. An object of derision or contempt; a laughing-stock.

n. Synonyms Ridicule, mockery, gibes, scoffing, taunts, insults.

n. the act of deriding or treating with contempt

n. contemptuous laughter

"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."

ridiculous    derider    ridicule    ridiculosity    deride   

scorn    contempt    ridicule    insult    mockery    laughingstock   

Parisian    circumcision    collision    decision    division    envision    excision    incision    indecision    misprision   

ridicule    scorn    incredulity    mockery    reproach    sarcasm    execration    taunt    mirth    amazement