Associations to the word «Derision»

Wiktionary

DERISION, noun. Act of treating with disdain.

Dictionary definition

DERISION, noun. Contemptuous laughter.
DERISION, noun. The act of deriding or treating with contempt.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca