Derision

Synonyms for "derision" (93 found)

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Closest matches (19)

Noun(3 words)

arrogance audacity banter bravado burlesque butt byword caricature contempt contumely daring despite disdain disregard disrespect

Verb(1 words)

disdaining

Strong matches (28)

dupefair gameflippancy fool fooling game gibe goat grinning hissing impertinence impudence insolence jeer jeering jest joke joshing lampoon laughingstock

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laughter leering levity

Noun(5 words)

gibe invective jeer jeering laughingstock

Related words (46)

mock mockery monkey mug panning pasquinade pertness pilgarlic raillery razzing ridicule roasting rudeness sarcasm satire scoffing scorn sneer sport stock

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target taunt toy travesty twitting victim

Noun(17 words)

mockeries mockery mocking mocks ridicules sarcasms scoff scoffs scorn scorning scorns sneer sneering sneers sniggering taunting taunts

Verb(3 words)

poohing ridiculing sneered

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

7 entries

discourtesy disrespect offence offenseoffensive activityrhetorical tacticridicule

More specific

6 entries

jeeringpublic ridiculesatirical derisionscornful mockerysnickers taunting

Collocations

5 entries

daily derisionopen derisionpublic derisionsardonic derisionutter derision

Inflections

1 entries

derisions

Derivations

3 entries

derisive derisively derisiveness

Sample sentences

7 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Derision is the food of fools.

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There are quite a few ways to express derision in Esperanto.

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All Mary has left for Tom is scorn and derision.

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Transported to another place and culture, this rough-hewn American becomes an object of curiosity; but his horse draws even more attention... and derision... from the fiercely proud owners and riders of the purebred Arabian horses.

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