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derision
burlesque, caricature, contumely, jest, lampoon, mock, pasquinade, raillery, sarcasm, scoffing, sport
Definition
n.
contemptuous laughter
Last update: January 8, 2016
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He suddenly became center of
derision
for his stupidity.
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The kids erupted in
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when a handicapped man entered in the classroom.
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His stance on gun control drew
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from the pacifists.
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The crowd laughed in
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.
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I concluded that he laughed in
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of my efforts, confident of his own resources.
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The newcomer gave vent to a little gesture of
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.
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"Cornstalk drill" thus became a frontier epithet of
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Maggie seemed to be listening to a chorus of reproach and
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.
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But they sing of me now in
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, And my name is a by-word among them.
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And those who passed by scoffed at him, shaking their heads in
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and saying, "Ha."
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