derision
If people are laughing at you, making fun of you, and acting as if you’re worthless, they’re treating you with derision. Derision is mean and attacking — it’s a form of contempt.
Derision is more than just making fun of someone — it’s mocking someone so forcefully and with such venom that you discredit the person completely. Derision can include literally laughing at someone or just treating a person like a joke. You know how celebrities and politicians do embarrassing things from time to time? They’re usually treated with derision afterward: people mock them, treat them with contempt, and try to make the person who messed up seem completely worthless.
Definitions of derision
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the act of deriding or treating with contempt
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mock
the act of mocking or ridiculing
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discourtesy, offence, offense, offensive activity
a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others
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mock
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contemptuous laughter
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jeer, jeering, mockery, scoff, scoffing
showing your contempt by derision
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put-down, squelch, squelcher, takedown
a crushing remark
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befooling, stultification
derision of someone or something as foolish or absurd or inconsistent
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type of:
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discourtesy, disrespect
an expression of lack of respect
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jeer, jeering, mockery, scoff, scoffing
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