Definition of Derision

Severe mocking and ridiculing of someone

Examples of Derision in a sentence

The kids erupted in derision when a handicapped man entered in the classroom.  🔊

His stance on gun control drew derision from the pacifists.  🔊

Laughed at being a virgin all her life, Mary will spend a passionate night with her boyfriend to end the merciless derision from her friends.  🔊

Derision filled the classroom as the students spent more time mocking one another than they did working.  🔊

People laugh in derision when they find out that my name is Dick.  🔊

Accused of derision, the president was said to have ridiculed a disabled reporter.  🔊

Once the disrespectful worker was gone, the office was no longer filled with scornful derision.  🔊

From the moment Suzy publicly passed gas, her peers unrelentingly fired back with derision...for an eternity!  🔊

The hateful team viewed their opponents with derision and heckled them throughout the game.  🔊

Several worshipers were met with division and ridicule by hecklers gathered outside of the mosque.  🔊

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