Derision
noun
The act of making fun of someone or something in a mean way.
Her idea was met with derision by her colleagues.
Often appears as...
- object of derision
- burst into derision
noun
The act of making fun of someone or something in a mean way.
Her idea was met with derision by her colleagues.
Often appears as...
- object of derision
- burst into derision
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Pro Tip 1/3Negative Emotion
Derision often conveys strong disapproval or contempt for someone or something.
The snide remark was delivered with such derision it made her wince.
Pro Tip 2/3Harsh Ridicule
Use 'derision' to describe a situation where laughter or mockery is mean-spirited, not playful.
His amateurish performance was received with derision from the audience.
Pro Tip 3/3Cruel Intent
'Derision' implies intent to belittle and is often used when someone is being intentionally cruel.
The new policy was met with derision by critics who saw it as misguided.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Emotion
Derision often conveys strong disapproval or contempt for someone or something.
The snide remark was delivered with such derision it made her wince.
Pro Tip 2/3Harsh Ridicule
Use 'derision' to describe a situation where laughter or mockery is mean-spirited, not playful.
His amateurish performance was received with derision from the audience.
Pro Tip 3/3Cruel Intent
'Derision' implies intent to belittle and is often used when someone is being intentionally cruel.
The new policy was met with derision by critics who saw it as misguided.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Emotion
Derision often conveys strong disapproval or contempt for someone or something.
The snide remark was delivered with such derision it made her wince.
Pro Tip 2/3Harsh Ridicule
Use 'derision' to describe a situation where laughter or mockery is mean-spirited, not playful.
His amateurish performance was received with derision from the audience.
Pro Tip 3/3Cruel Intent
'Derision' implies intent to belittle and is often used when someone is being intentionally cruel.
The new policy was met with derision by critics who saw it as misguided.
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Advocating for gender...
result women were forever the second class poppers of the UN system at the time the proposal was made it was greeted with incredulity by some and derision by others the United Nations create a new agency sixty years
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Is the world getting...
gets better over time? Might we even invoke the admittedly old-fashioned notion of progress? To do so is to court a certain amount of derision, because I have found that intellectuals hate progress.
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Advocating for gender...
result women were forever the second class poppers of the UN system at the time the proposal was made it was greeted with incredulity by some and derision by others the United Nations create a new agency sixty years
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Is the world getting...
gets better over time? Might we even invoke the admittedly old-fashioned notion of progress? To do so is to court a certain amount of derision, because I have found that intellectuals hate progress.
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Robert E. Sherwood
American Playwright
He must be independent and brave, and sure of himself and of the importance of his work, because if he isn't he will never survive the scorching blasts of derision that will probably greet his first efforts.
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Richard Madden
Scottish Actor
When I was younger, I did a TV show in the U.K. for a couple years, and I learned a lot from that. It taught me a lot about being known amongst your peers and having to deal with a lot of derision from them.
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Jacob Weisberg
American Journalist
Whether couched in terms of envy, admiration, or derision, celebrity fascination begins as an exercise in imagining what it would be like to lead a more carefree and pleasurable life.
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Mona Eltahawy
Egyptian Journalist
What is satire if not a marriage of civil disobedience to a laugh track, a potent brew of derision and lack of respect that acts as a nettle sting on the thin skin of the humourless?
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Kat Timpf
American Writer
In fact, I can confidently say that 'South Park's' penchant for unbridled derision has been directly responsible for my own joy in some times of terrible sadness.
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Khalil Gibran
Lebanese Poet
Nor shall derision prove powerful against those who listen to humanity or those who follow in the footsteps of divinity, for they shall live forever. Forever.
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Kamal Haasan
Indian Actor
When classical singers or dancers look at cinema with derision, I have half a heart to tell them that they're wrong. They're losing a platform.
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Mariella Frostrup
British Journalist
Whenever the party-girl tag gets attached to my name, it makes me want to snort with derision.
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Owen Jones
British Journalist
A sneer can often reveal far more about the sneerer than the object of their derision.
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Joseph Stiglitz
American Economist
America under Trump has gone from being a world leader to an object of derision.
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Robert E. Sherwood
American Playwright
He must be independent and brave, and sure of himself and of the importance of his work, because if he isn't he will never survive the scorching blasts of derision that will probably greet his first efforts.
Quote examples
Richard Madden
Scottish Actor
When I was younger, I did a TV show in the U.K. for a couple years, and I learned a lot from that. It taught me a lot about being known amongst your peers and having to deal with a lot of derision from them.
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Jacob Weisberg
American Journalist
Whether couched in terms of envy, admiration, or derision, celebrity fascination begins as an exercise in imagining what it would be like to lead a more carefree and pleasurable life.
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Mona Eltahawy
Egyptian Journalist
What is satire if not a marriage of civil disobedience to a laugh track, a potent brew of derision and lack of respect that acts as a nettle sting on the thin skin of the humourless?
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Kat Timpf
American Writer
In fact, I can confidently say that 'South Park's' penchant for unbridled derision has been directly responsible for my own joy in some times of terrible sadness.
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Khalil Gibran
Lebanese Poet
Nor shall derision prove powerful against those who listen to humanity or those who follow in the footsteps of divinity, for they shall live forever. Forever.
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Kamal Haasan
Indian Actor
When classical singers or dancers look at cinema with derision, I have half a heart to tell them that they're wrong. They're losing a platform.
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Mariella Frostrup
British Journalist
Whenever the party-girl tag gets attached to my name, it makes me want to snort with derision.
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Owen Jones
British Journalist
A sneer can often reveal far more about the sneerer than the object of their derision.
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Joseph Stiglitz
American Economist
America under Trump has gone from being a world leader to an object of derision.
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