Derision

Definitions

1. Act of treating with disdain.
   countable, uncountable
2. Something to be derided; a laughing stock.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“There was just a touch⟳ of derision in the Don's voice and Hagen flushed.”

“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.”

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

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