The act of deriding or treating with contempt.
1 Not long ago, Cockell's claims would have been greeted with scientific derision .
2 Five sessions to undo five years of war! Radke snorted in derision .
3 Something I forgot along the way, he said, not hiding his self - derision .
4 There was something outrageous in the open derision of the last words.
5 Then she laughed in derision and called out loudly to the guards:
6 Half in derision , I offered the library the stub of my wash-book.
7 Huckabee's rise was greeted with derision by other elements on the right.
8 He had little formal education and a great derision for college men.
9 The crone shook her head and wagged her pendulous lip in derision .
10 American coaches are still the subject of derision in European soccer circles.
11 His lips worked in the effort to force a grin of derision .
12 He clicked his tongue against the roof of his mouth in derision .
13 A laugh of scorn and derision escaped the lips of the warrior.
14 The great body of the nation listened with mingled derision and fear.
15 There is sympathy for the South in some quarters, derision in others.
16 I wondered if he was used to hearing such taunts and derision .
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