Sunday, September 20, 2009

derision

"Through the open door came the thuds and occasional clangs of a horseshoe game, and now and then the sound of voices raised in approval or derision."
chapter 3, page 38, Penguin Books

This word is a noun that means contemptuous or jeering laughter; ridicule.
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  1. PlathSeptember 24, 2009 at 10:14 PM

    Derision can also be used as an object of ridiule. So, derision can refer to the thing that is being laughed at.

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