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(dɪrɪʒən)
uncountable noun
If you treat someone or something with derision, you express contempt for them.
He tried to calm them, but was greeted with shouts of derision.
Synonyms: mockery, laughter, contempt, ridicule More Synonyms of derision

derision in British English

(dɪˈrɪʒən)
noun
1. 
the act of deriding; mockery; scorn
2. 
an object of mockery or scorn
Word origin
C15: from Late Latin dērīsiō, from Latin dērīsus; see deride

derision in American English

(dɪˈrɪʒən)
noun
1. 
a deriding or being derided; contempt or ridicule
2.  Rare
a person or thing derided
Word origin
ME < LL derisio < derisus, pp. of deridere

Examples of 'derision' in a sentence
derision

I felt like crying and was only restraining myself because I was sure Eileen would treat me with total derision.
Adair, Tom (Intro) THREE KINDS OF KISSING - SCOTTISH SHORT STORIES (2004)
And he had laughed, not in derision, not in amusement, but because she was absolutely right.
Mark Mills AMAGANSETT (2004)
Behind his head, a grimy window overlooking Somerville's Main Street seemed to glower with derision.
Joyce Carol Oates MIDDLE AGE: A ROMANCE (2004)

In other languages
derision

British English: derision NOUN
If you treat someone or something with derision, you express contempt for them.
He tried to calm them, but was greeted with shouts of derision.
  • American English: derision
  • Brazilian Portuguese: escárnio
  • Chinese: 嘲弄
  • European Spanish: irrisión
  • French: dérision
  • German: Spott
  • Italian: derisione
  • Japanese: あざけり
  • Korean: 조롱
  • European Portuguese: escárnio
  • Latin American Spanish: irrisión

(noun) 
He tried to calm them but was greeted with shouts of derision.
Synonyms
mockery
Was there a glint of mockery in his eyes?
laughter
contempt
I will treat that remark with the contempt it deserves.
ridicule
He was subjected to public ridicule.
scorn
They greeted the proposal with scorn.
insult
sneering
disdain
She looked at him with disdain.
scoffing
disrespect
denigration
disparagement
They were unanimous in their disparagement of the book.
contumely (literary)
raillery

Additional synonyms

in the sense of contempt
Definition
scorn
I will treat that remark with the contempt it deserves.
Synonyms
scorn,
despite (archaic),
disdain,
mockery,
derision,
disrespect,
disregard,
contumely (literary)
in the sense of contumely
Definition
a humiliating insult
Synonyms
scorn,
abuse,
insult,
contempt,
humiliation,
arrogance,
disdain,
affront,
indignity,
derision,
rudeness,
opprobrium,
insolence,
obloquy,
superciliousness
in the sense of disdain
Definition
a feeling of superiority and dislike
She looked at him with disdain.
Synonyms
contempt,
dislike,
scorn,
arrogance,
indifference,
sneering,
derision,
hauteur,
snobbishness,
contumely (literary),
haughtiness,
superciliousness

Synonyms of 'derision'

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