derision in English
Use "derision" in a sentence
1. She withered him with derision.
2. They treated his suggestion with derision.
3. Her naive attitude provoked their derision.
4. He gave a snort of derision.
5. It's met with derision and scorn.
6. 21 He became an object of universal derision.
7. Her speech was greeted with howls of derision.
8. To smirk or laugh in contempt or derision.
9. He became an object of universal derision.
10. He gave a hoot of laughter/derision.
11. The third way died in vacuity and derision.
12. The Church viewed it with derision rather than suspicion.
13. Befooling: 1 n derision of someone or something as foolish or absurd or inconsistent Synonyms: stultification Type of: derision contemptuous laughter
14. I think part of the derision for Audiophiles …
15. The speech was greeted with derision by opposition leaders.
16. His speech was greeted with derision by opposition leaders.
17. Americans speak with derision of those who are lazy.
18. Her speech was met with hoots/howls of derision.
19. However, the move has been greeted with derision by many academics.
20. Catcall:a harsh or shrill call or whistle expressing derision or disapproval.
21. 23 Americans speak with derision of those who are lazy.
22. My chaplain snorts in derision but what does he know?
23. Synonyms for Belittling are for example criticism, denigration and derision
24. Aha definition is - —used to express surprise, triumph, or derision
25. Raul looked him up and down[Sentencedict], eyes opened wide with derision.
26. Indeed, Cardinal's designs are so distinctive they command both accolades and derision.
27. If you did, you risked verbal or physical abuse, derision and expulsion.
28. He tried to calm them, but was greeted with shouts of derision.
29. Such treatment incited contempt and derision, depriving the person of his honor.
30. Praise and adoration of them will give way to derision and contempt.
31. Such detailed planning would have provoked snorts of derision from Sir Keith.
32. 50 synonyms for Banter: joking, kidding, ribbing, teasing, jeering, quipping, mockery, derision, jesting
33. She couldn't cope with that, couldn't face seeing derision in those dark midnight eyes.
34. Even outside all these imaginings, rumor and derision held us in an unwelcome embrace.
35. "What a mess they made of it," said Sam with a snort of derision.
36. Synonyms for Contemptuousness include contempt, scorn, disdain, despisement, despite, misprision, despitefulness, derision, scornfulness and condescension
37. Synonyms for Contumely include aspersions, defamation, denigration, derision, disparagement, insults, invective, slander, slurs and abuse
38. Synonyms for Belittlings include criticism, denigrations, derision, disparagement, mockings, ridicule, scorn, vilification, derogations and diminishments
39. But you yourself, O Jehovah, will laugh at them; you will hold all the nations in derision.”
40. (Job 42:7) Thus, he was taking in derision like someone who drinks water with enjoyment.
41. The answer-it is such an obvious question-is shouted forth on piping wings of derision.
42. Labour said it would raise taxes and was subject to the most sustained derision, as well as black propaganda.
43. If this and other resolutions fell well below popular expectations, their implementation since then has invited even greater derision.
44. The dogma is of absolutes, the lifestyle is of attempted purity and the zealot is subject to continuous derision.
45. Sharpe translated the crowd's attention as the derision due to a cuckold and, in that misapprehension, his temper snapped.
46. A phoenix-like ascension has been threatened before, over these last long 16 years of derision and scorn.
47. Bogtrotter (plural Bogtrotters) One who lives in a boggy country; applied in derision to the lowest class of Irish
48. These advertisements drew some derision from women's rights groups, and several environmental groups refused to be associated with the campaign.
49. 27 Though greeted with nothing like the derision that met Howarth's six-page statement, the spokesmen encountered a fair degree of scepticism.
50. Sharpe translated the crowd's attention as the derision due to a cuckold and, in that misapprehension(Sentencedict.com), his temper snapped.