GDict

derision

di'riʒәn4 senses · 5 ms
Level C1
local copy0 msLicense: CC BY-SA 4.0Wiktionary contributors
noun/dɪˈɹɪʒən/
  1. 1

    Act of treating with disdain.countableuncountable

    • There was just a touch of derision in the Don's voice and Hagen flushed.
  2. 2

    Something to be derided; a laughing stock.countableuncountable

    • Miss Briggs was not formally dismissed, but her place as companion was a sinecure and a derision […]

syn. sport

Nearby entries