Derision - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |dɪˈrɪʒn|  American pronunciation of the word derision
Brit.  |dɪˈrɪʒ(ə)n|  British pronunciation of the word derision

noun

- contemptuous laughter
- the act of deriding or treating with contempt (syn: ridicule)

Extra examples

One of the students laughed in derision at my error.

The team's awful record has made it an object of derision in the league.

“Nerd” is a term of derision.

My remarks were anodyne, but some other snippets of marginalia were shrieks of derision...

The announcement was met with hoots of derision.

...a snicker of derision when we heard their offer on the house...

...made a snort of derision at the lame suggestion...

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