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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
derision
de·ri·sion BrE [dɪˈrɪʒn] NAmE [dɪˈrɪʒn] noun uncountable
a strong feeling that sb/sth is ridiculous and not worth considering seriously, shown by laughing in an unkind way or by making unkind remarks
Syn: ↑scorn
•Her speech was greeted with howls of derision.
•He became an object of universal derision.
Word Origin:
[derision] late Middle English: via Old French from late Latin derisio(n-), from deridere ‘scoff at’.
Example Bank:
•His mouth twisted in derision
•He snorted in derision.
•The speech was greeted with derision by opposition leaders.
•The statement was met with hoots of derision.
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