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.

51. 1.derision of someone or something as foolish or absurd or inconsistent Familiarity information: Befoolingused as a noun is very rare.

52. Though greeted with nothing like the derision that met Howarth's six-page statement, the spokesmen encountered a fair degree of scepticism.

53. “Foolish are those who make a derision of guilt,” observes the king of Israel, “but among the upright ones there is agreement.”

54. Codpieces also served as venues for male boasting and exhibitionism, and this naturally attracted the wrath of preachers and the derision of literary wits

55. In the dark ages of the past, he had been a creature of derision, a thing to be Bandied about in trade or gift

56. Pilotshark, I again Commend you on your compassionate approach to teh trolls — offering them help to overcome their affliction, rather than simple derision.

57. 19 How many of the popular novels of the past evoke derision rather than appreciation if we read them in too literal a spirit!

58. “The ends of the earth shall inquire after thy name, and fools shall have thee in derision, and hell shall rage against thee;

59. How many of the popular novels of the past evoke derision rather than appreciation if we read them in too literal a spirit!

60. He does hold in derision all the proud Boastings and violence of such as seek to prevent His accomplishment of His will.” (Morgan) b.

61. Originally a term of derision used by a critic in 1908, Cubism describes the work of Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, and those influenced by them

62. Joking, kidding (informal), ribbing (informal), teasing, jeering, quipping, mockery, derision, jesting, chaff, pleasantry, repartee, wordplay, joshing, badinage, chaffing, raillery, persiflage She heard them exchanging good-natured Banter.

63. IN A LITTLE TOWN RUPERT HUGHES I am called Curlicue, and am an object of derision; I entreat you to make me less ridiculous.' THE RED FAIRY BOOK VARIOUS

64. "Lost in Translation" made a derision of the problems about Japanese people, like "short in height but prolix in speech, " cultural myopia, and rampant in the sex industry.

65. Similar to how racism privileges certain races over others, Ableism privileges people with certain abilities over disabled people; the framing that sick people are worthy of derision while strong

66. In a marked and unrepentant Contradistinction to the prevalent dark paintings of much contemporary art, reveling in psychological anguish and alienation, derision and disaffection, is the so-called 'feel good' painting

67. The derision, hostility and abuse encouraged by such comments could expose the targeted group or individual to hatred or contempt and...could incite violence and threaten the physical security of Falun Gong practitioners."

68. Outside the USSR, "Bolshie" became a slang word of derision for leftists and leftist parties and organizations, including British trade unions, whose ability to disrupt things with strikes was legendary

69. It also, in effect, Communalizes the protective cover of the law of the land, leaving a large number of people out of its shield, victims though they are of social derision and economic neglect

70. The Backstopping debate that erupted in the middle of the Honda LPGA Thailand last week came with derision that stung Amy Olson, who found herself in the center of the storm with world No

71. It’s been a term of derision only since the 1930s, when something that was “Corny” or “cornfed” or “on the cob” was rustic, countrified, old-fashioned, or behind the times – and hence trite or hackneyed.

72. A person, place, or thing regarded as a perfect or proverbial example of somethingtheir name is a Byword for good service an object of scorn or derision a common saying; proverb Word Origin for …

73. Sentence Examples The default mode of interaction with strangers often seems to be Brusqueness to the point of derision. Beneath all his stubborn Brusqueness, he was a solid friend and a loving father and husband

74. Cupid Chastised depicts a moment of high drama: Mars, the god of war, beats Cupid for having caused his affair with Venus, the goddess of love, which exposed him to the derision and outrage of the other gods

75. Adjective: absurd (absurder,Absurdest) ub'surd or ub'zurd Inconsistent with reason, logic or common sense "the absurd predicament of seeming to argue that virtue is highly desirable but intensely unpleasant " So unreasonable as to invite derision

76. It also, in effect, Communalizes the protective cover of the law of the land, leaving a large number of people out of its shield, victims though they are of social derision and economic neglect compounded by political exclusion

77. It also, in effect, Communalizes the protective cover of the law of the land, leaving a large number of people out of its shield, victims though they are of social derision and economic neglect compounded by political exclusion

78. (The Call of the Wild, by Jack London) It was a smile that had in it something both of pain and weakness—a haggard old man's smile; but there was, besides that, a grain of derision, a shadow of treachery, in his expression as he Craftily

79. ‘Though Avaricious capitalists are easy and popular targets for derision, this tale is decidedly more quirky and original than cliché.’ ‘I am an Avaricious devourer of tedious reports.’ ‘I believe that those who went on the rampage were essentially deceitful, Avaricious, and prone to anger, hate, and violence.’

80. ‘Beneath all his stubborn Brusqueness, he was a solid friend and a loving father and husband.’ ‘The default mode of interaction with strangers often seems to be Brusqueness to the point of derision.’ ‘She attempted to bridge the gulf that her Brusqueness had created and offered my friend a cigarette.’