derision

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /dɪˈɹɪʒən/

Noun

derision

1. Act of treating with disdain.
2. Something to be derided; a laughing stock.
   • 1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Chapter 14:

     Miss Briggs was not formally dismissed, but her place as companion was a sinecure and a derision […]

Related terms

• deride
• derider
• ridicule
• ridiculous
• ridiculosity

Translations

• French: dérision
• German: Hohn, Spott, Verhöhnung, Verspottung, Gespött
• Italian: derisione
• Portuguese: menosprezo
• Russian: высмеивание
• Spanish: irrisión

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