Derision
The act of deriding, or the state of being derided; mockery; scornful or contemptuous treatment which holds one up to ridicule.
An object of derision or scorn; a laughing-stock.
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Derision Quotations
Nor shall derision prove powerful against those who listen to humanity or those who follow in the footsteps of divinity, for they shall live forever. Forever.
Khalil Gibran
He must be independent and brave, and sure of himself and of the importance of his work, because if he isn't he will never survive the scorching blasts of derision that will probably greet his first efforts.
Robert E. Sherwood
Time turns the old days to derision, Our loves into corpses or wives; And marriage and death and division Make barren our lives.
Algernon Charles Swinburne
To what derision should I be exposed from a thousand quarters!- An unlearned female entering the lists of criticism against the mighty Johnson!
Anne Seward
Derision Translations
derision in Italian is scherno
derision in Spanish is ludibrio, mofa
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