List of synonyms from "depressing" to synonyms from "derivable from"
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Definition of the day : « derision »
- noun insult, disrespect
- We could look for no response but laughs of derision or the missiles of a mob.
- Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
- It alternates with derision, and is compatible with contempt.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 » by Various
- Soon after, the mighty menaces of Caligula against them ended in mockery and derision.
- Extract from : « Tacitus on Germany » by Tacitus
- I said this was not friendship, but a slavery, which was the derision of the Court.
- Extract from : « The Memoirs of the Louis XIV. and The Regency, Complete » by Elizabeth-Charlotte, Duchesse d'Orleans
- Then there was an explosion of derision and contempt among the men of Beaudoin's company.
- Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola
- Well, let the others hold us in derision and contempt if they choose.
- Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola
- The men shouted in derision and passed on, firing their matchlocks as a mock salute.
- Extract from : « The Scapegoat » by Hall Caine
- Not accustomed to derision, Wolverstone replied in kind and with interest.
- Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini
- Must we not suppose somewhere in the universe a slight treachery and derision?
- Extract from : « Essays, Second Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- The echo of that derision was soon lost in the jingle of Algernon's guineas.
- Extract from : « Audrey Craven » by May Sinclair