Derision

Noun

 * 1) Act of treating with disdain.
 * 2) * 1969, Mario Puzo, The Godfather:
 * There was just a touch of derision in the Don's voice and Hagen flushed.

Adjectives for Derision
mysterious; sour; scornful; light; ribald; unconquerable; coarse; brutal; merciless; filthy; bitterest; loud; boisterous; approving; pressed; uneasy; foul; unsparing.

Verbs for Derision
bait with—; be in—; cackle in—; call forth—; chuckle in—; expose to—; express—; give vent to—; laugh in—; mock in—; open to—; ridicule in—; scorn—; sting by-.

Synonyms for Derision
scorn, contempt, irony, sarcasm, ridicule, mockery, insult,disregard, disrespect, disdain, slur, slight.

Antonyms for Derision
flattery, respect, regard, reverence, adulation.

Related terms

 * deride
 * derider
 * ridicule
 * ridiculous
 * ridiculosity

Thesaurus
burlesque, butt, caricature, contempt, contumely, disrespect, jest, joke, lampoon, laughter, mock, mockery, pasquinade, pilgarlic, raillery, ridicule, sarcasm, satire, scoffing, scorn, sport, travesty

Etymology
From derision, from  derisionem (action of deridere).

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: присмиване, осмиване
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:


 * Hungarian: kinevetés, kigúnyolás, kicsúfolás
 * Italian:
 * Polish: wyszydzenie, szyderstwo
 * Russian:

Anagrams

 * ironised