Dictionary

derision en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /dɪˈɹɪʒən/ (UK)
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Etymology

From Old French derision, from Latin dērīsiōnem, accusative of dērīsiō, from dērīdēre ("to mock, to laugh at, to deride").

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Act of treating with disdain.
   • One of the darlings of the early vegetarian movement (particularly in its even sadder form, the cutlet), it was on the menu at John Harvey Kellogg's Battle Creek Sanitarium [sic], and has since become the default Sunday option for vegetarians – and a default source of derision for everyone else. 2011 December 15, Felicity Cloake, “How to cook the perfect nut roast”, in Guardian:
   • There was just a touch of derision in the Don's voice and Hagen flushed. 1969, Mario Puzo, The Godfather:
2. (countable, uncountable) Something to be derided; a laughing stock.
   • Miss Briggs was not formally dismissed, but her place as companion was a sinecure and a derision […] 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 14, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:

Forms

Deriveds

hold in derision

Relateds

ridiculous · deride · derider · ridiculosity · ridicule

Synonyms

sport

Translations (52)

fi iva (act of treating with contempt) · hi खिल्ली (act of treating with contempt) · cs výsměch (act of treating with contempt) · sa निद् (act of treating with contempt) · hu kicsúfolás (act of treating with contempt) · kk күлкі (act of treating with contempt) · kk келемеж (act of treating with contempt) · sv förlöjligande (act of treating with contempt) · de Gespött (act of treating with contempt) · hi उपहास (act of treating with contempt) · nl spot (act of treating with contempt) · es derrisión (act of treating with contempt) · ml പരിഹാസം (act of treating with contempt) · grc κατάγελως (act of treating with contempt) · uk висміювання (act of treating with contempt) · bg присмиване (act of treating with contempt) · uk посміх (act of treating with contempt) · gl menosprezo (act of treating with contempt) · uk насміхання (act of treating with contempt) · la dērīsiō (act of treating with contempt) · cs zesměšnění (act of treating with contempt) · pl szyderstwo (act of treating with contempt) · te ఎగతాళి (act of treating with contempt) · ca derisió (act of treating with contempt) · pt menosprezo (act of treating with contempt) · cs posměch (act of treating with contempt) · ru насме́шка (act of treating with contempt) · de Verspottung (act of treating with contempt) · fi pilkka (act of treating with contempt) · de Hohn (act of treating with contempt) · mk мунѕа (act of treating with contempt) · pl wyszydzenie (act of treating with contempt) · kk келеке (act of treating with contempt) · ru осмеяние (act of treating with contempt) · hu kikacagás (act of treating with contempt) · hu kinevetés (act of treating with contempt) · es irrisión (act of treating with contempt) · kk мазақ (act of treating with contempt) · tr alay (act of treating with contempt) · ru высмеивание (act of treating with contempt) · pdt Spott (act of treating with contempt) · hu megmosolygás (act of treating with contempt) · uk глузування (act of treating with contempt) · de Spott (act of treating with contempt) · fr dérision (act of treating with contempt) · de Verhöhnung (act of treating with contempt) · gl desdén (act of treating with contempt) · hy ծաղր (act of treating with contempt) · hu kigúnyolás (act of treating with contempt) · bg осмиване (act of treating with contempt) · it derisione (act of treating with contempt) · sv hån (act of treating with contempt)