derision
/dɪˈɹɪʒən/
derision noun: act of treating with disdain.
Noun
derision (countable and uncountable, plural derisions)
- Act of treating with disdain.
- There was just a touch of derision in the Don's voice and Hagen flushed.1969, Mario Puzo, The Godfather
- One of the darlings of the early vegetarian movement (particularly in its even sadder form, the cutlet), it was on the menu at John Harvey Kellogg's Battle Creek Sanitarium [sic], and has since become the default Sunday option for vegetarians – and a default source of derision for everyone else.2011 December 15, Felicity Cloake, “How to cook the perfect nut roast”, in Guardian
- Something to be derided; a laughing stock.
- Miss Briggs was not formally dismissed, but her place as companion was a sinecure and a derision […]1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 14, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC
derision meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Telugu
derision in Hindi
- act of treating with contempt
- उपहास uphās, खिल्ली khillī
derision in Tamil
- ஏளனம், இகழ்ச்சி, இகழ்ச்சிநகை, அவமதிச்சிரிப்பு, கேலி, பரிகாசம்
derision in Urdu
- derision
- ٹھٹھا ṭhaṭṭhā
derision in Telugu
- act of treating with contempt
- ఎగతాళి egatāḷi
More languagesFewer languages
- derision in Malayalam
- പരിഹാസം parihāsaṁ
- derision in Kannada
- ಅಣಕ
- derision in Sanskrit
- निद् nid
Examples of derision in a sentence
- My performance drew hoots of derision from the crowd.
- It also made her the target of angry derision back in South Korea, where Ms.
- My choice to substitute an Israeli sweet for a British sweet was regarded by some with derision.
Synonyms of derision
Forms of derision
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Origin of derision
From Old French derision, from Latin dērīsiōnem, accusative of dērīsiō, from dērīdēre ("to mock, to laugh at, to deride").
Words formed from derision
Phrases with derision
Words that rhyme with derision
- division
- vision
- circumcision
- concision
- decision
- collision
- excision
- Frisian
- incision
- misprision
- precision
- revision
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Questions about derision
- What does derision mean?
- Derision means act of treating with disdain.
- What is derision in Hindi?
- Derision in Hindi is उपहास (uphās), खिल्ली (khillī). See Derision meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is derision?
- Derision is a noun.
- How do you pronounce derision?
- Derision is pronounced /dɪˈɹɪʒən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of derision?
- The plural of derision is derisions.
Words near derision in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: derision (page history and authors); derision (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ٹھٹھا (Urdu) (page history and authors); derision (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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