derision
Collocations
4ADJ.
express
VERB + DERISION
touch
DERISION + NOUN
don's, esperanto, food
PREP.
in
Definitions
noun
Act of treating with disdain.
There was just a touch of derision in the Don's voice and Hagen flushed.
One of the darlings of the early vegetarian movement (particularly in its even sadder form, the cutlet), it was on the menu at John Harvey Kellogg's Battle Creek Sanitarium [sic], and has since become the default Sunday option for vegetarians – and a default source of derision for everyone else.
Something to be derided; a laughing stock.
Miss Briggs was not formally dismissed, but her place as companion was a sinecure and a derision […]
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Synonyms
noun — the act of deriding or treating with contempt
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6There was just a touch of derision in the Don's voice and Hagen flushed.
WiktionaryOne of the darlings of the early vegetarian movement (particularly in its even sadder form, the cutlet), it was on the menu at John Harvey Kellogg's Battle Creek Sanitarium [sic], and has since become
WiktionaryMiss Briggs was not formally dismissed, but her place as companion was a sinecure and a derision […]
WiktionaryDerision is the food of fools.
Tatoeba · #6206712There are quite a few ways to express derision in Esperanto.
Tatoeba · #9995628All Mary has left for Tom is scorn and derision.
Tatoeba · #11147153