Deride vs. Derision

Derideverb

(transitive) To harshly mock; ridicule.

Derideverb

To laugh at with contempt; to laugh to scorn; to turn to ridicule or make sport of; to mock; to scoff at.

Derideverb

treat or speak of with contempt;

Derisionnoun

Act of treating with disdain.

Derisionnoun

Something to be derided; a laughing stock.

Derisionnoun

The act of deriding, or the state of being derided; mockery; scornful or contemptuous treatment which holds one up to ridicule.

Derisionnoun

An object of derision or scorn; a laughing-stock.

Derisionnoun

contemptuous laughter

Derisionnoun

the act of deriding or treating with contempt

Derisionnoun

contemptuous ridicule or mockery