8 Letter Words for Derision
derision, ironside, resinoid, sirenoid
7 Letter Words for Derision
dineros, donsier, insider, iodines, ironies, isodrin, noisier, ordines, rosined, siderin, siredon, sordine, sordini
6 Letter Words for Derision
deinos, deisin, dinero, diners, donsie, dories, drones, edison, indies, indris, inside, iodine, iodins, irides, irised, ironed, irones, nidors, noires, noised, nosier, onside, redons, rinsed, roined, rondes, rosied, senior, sidion, sinder, snider, snored, sonder, soneri, sorned
5 Letter Words for Derision
derns, diner, dines, dinos, diose, doers, doesn, donis, doris, dorse, dorsi, doser, dries, drone, eidos, eosin, idion, idose, indie, indri, iodin, ireos, irido, irids, irone, irons, nerds, nides, nidor, niris, nisei, nodes, noire, noirs, noise, norie, noris, norse, nosed, noser, oisin, oners, ornes, ornis, oside, osier, redon, redos, reins, rends, resid, resin, resod, riden, rides, rinds, rines, rinse, risen, rodes, roins, ronde, rones, rosed, rosin, sdein, senor, serin, serio, seron, sider, sined, sired, siren, snide, snore, sonde, sored
4 Letter Words for Derision
deis, deni, dens, dern, dero, desi, dier, dies, dine, dino, dins, dire, doen, doer, does, done, doni, dons, dore, dorn, dors, dose, drie, dsri, endo, ends, eons, erin, eris, erns, eros, ideo, ides, inde, inro, iode, ions, ired, ires, irid, iris, iron, isdn, ised, neds, nerd, nide, nidi, nids, nied, nies, nisi, node, nodi, nods, noes, noir, nore, nori, nose, oder, odes, odin, oner, ones, ordn, ords, ored, ores, redo, reds, rein, rend, reno, ride, rids, ries, rind, rine, rins, rise, rode, rods, roed, roes, roid, roin, rond, rone, rose, seir, send, seor, sero, side, sidi, sien, sier, sind, sine, sion, sire, siri, sned, snod, soir, sond, sone, sord, sore, sori, sorn
3 Letter Words for Derision
dei, den, der, des, die, din, dir, dis, doe, don, dor, dos, dso, dsr, edo, eds, eir, end, ens, eon, eos, erd, ern, ers, esd, esr, ide, ido, ids, ind, ins, ion, ios, ire, irs, ise, isn, iso, ned, nei, neo, nid, nie, nis, nod, nor, nos, ode, ods, oer, oes, oie, oii, ois, one, oni, ons, ord, ore, ors, ose, osi, red, rei, res, rid, rie, rin, rio, rnd, rod, roe, roi, ron, ros, sed, sei, sen, ser, sie, sin, sir, sod, son, sri
Definitions for Derision
[1] ridicule; mockery: The inept performance elicited derision from the audience.
[2] an object of ridicule.
[3] the act of deriding; mockery; scorn
[4] an object of mockery or scorn
Words related to Derision
mockery, ridicule, scorn, laughter, contempt, disdain, laughingstock, dump, scoffing, joke, dig, satire, slap, contumely, butt, slam, jest, crack, put-down, comeback
Words nearby Derision
derestrict, dergue, deride, deringer, derisible, derision, derisive, derisory, deriv., derivate, derivation
Origin of Derision
1350–1400; Middle English derisioun < Old French derision < Late Latin dērīsiōn- (stem of dērīsiō ), equivalent to Latin dērīs(us ) mocked (past participle of dērīdēre; see deride) + -iōn- -ion
Other words from Derision
de·ris·i·ble [dih-riz -uh -buh l] /dɪˈrɪz ə bəl/ , adjective
non·de·ris·i·ble , adjective
un·de·ris·i·ble , adjective
Word origin for Derision
C15: from Late Latin dērīsiō, from Latin dērīsus; see deride
Synonyms for Derision
contempt, disdain, laughter, mockery, ridicule, scorn, brickbat, butt, comeback, contumely, crack, dig, disparagement, dump, jab, jest, joke, laughingstock, put-down, raillery, satire, scoffing, slam, slap, Bronx cheer, backhanded compliment, object of ridicule, parting shot, pilgarlic, sneering
