Thesaurus / derision
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This is wrong, and so “solutionism” has been a term of derision.
WHY I’M A PROUD SOLUTIONISTJASON CRAWFORDJULY 13, 2021MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWAnyone who tries to be a hard seltzer snob will richly deserve the derision they receive.
SORRY, SNOBS. HARD SELTZER AND CANNED COCKTAILS ARE BLOWING UPLEW BRYSONMAY 7, 2021THE DAILY BEASTWords of derision have come from random people on social media or the street, but also from the nation’s highest office.
DEMOCRATS LINK ATLANTA MASSACRE TO ANTI-ASIAN RHETORIC DURING PANDEMICCLEVE WOOTSON, MARIANNA SOTOMAYORMARCH 17, 2021WASHINGTON POSTSome of these staffers gave me looks of derision, but slowly complied.
REP. WATSON COLEMAN: I’M 75. I HAD CANCER. I GOT COVID-19 BECAUSE MY GOP COLLEAGUES DISMISS FACTS.BONNIE WATSON COLEMANJANUARY 12, 2021WASHINGTON POSTSo when Republicans start talking about deficits, it should be greeted with derision, contempt and outrage — not over their hypocrisy, but because of what they’re trying to do to the country.
HOW DEMOCRATS SHOULD WAGE WAR ON COMING GOP OBSTRUCTIONISMPAUL WALDMANNOVEMBER 30, 2020WASHINGTON POSTThe whole crowd shouted in derision, and Jones, in anger, fired every shot in his revolver before they could stop him.
THE COURIER OF THE OZARKSBYRON A. DUNNCount Romanoff shrugged his shoulders, and a smile of derision and contempt passed over his features.
THE EVERLASTING ARMSJOSEPH HOCKINGAt those words of his the men interrogating him laughed in derision, declaring it to be a very elegant excuse.
THE DOCTOR OF PIMLICOWILLIAM LE QUEUXHence this Christian emblem became the object of scoffing and derision by the persecuting heathen.
THE CATACOMBS OF ROMEWILLIAM HENRY WITHROWI recalled patches of the bright dreams filling my poor noodle when I was riding to meet her, and I smiled in derision at myself.
A VIRGINIA SCOUTHUGH PENDEXTERWORDS RELATED TO DERISION
- badinage
- banter
- buffoonery
- burlesque
- caricature
- comeback
- contempt
- derision
- dig
- disdain
- disparagement
- farce
- foolery
- gibe
- irony
- jab
- jeer
- laughter
- mockery
- mordancy
- needling
- parody
- parting shot
- persiflage
- put down
- put on
- raillery
- roast
- sarcasm
- sardonicism
- satire
- scorn
- slam
- sneer
- swipe
- taunt
- taunting
- travesty
- badinage
- banter
- buffoonery
- burlesque
- caricature
- chaff
- comeback
- contempt
- derision
- dig
- disdain
- disparagement
- farce
- foolery
- gibe
- irony
- jab
- jeer
- laughter
- leer
- mockery
- mordancy
- needling
- parody
- parting shot
- persiflage
- put-on
- putdown
- raillery
- rally
- razz
- rib
- roast
- sarcasm
- sardonicism
- satire
- scorn
- slam
- sneer
- swipe
- taunt
- taunting
- travesty
- acrimony
- aspersion
- banter
- bitterness
- burlesque
- causticness
- censure
- comeback
- contempt
- corrosiveness
- criticism
- cut
- cynicism
- derision
- dig
- disparagement
- flouting
- invective
- irony
- lampooning
- mockery
- mordancy
- put down
- raillery
- rancor
- ridicule
- satire
- scoffing
- scorn
- sharpness
- sneering
- superciliousness
- wisecrack
- abashment
- bad conscience
- blot
- chagrin
- compunction
- confusion
- contempt
- contrition
- degradation
- derision
- discomposure
- discredit
- disesteem
- dishonor
- disrepute
- guilt
- humiliation
- ignominy
- ill repute
- infamy
- irritation
- loss of face
- mortification
- obloquy
- odium
- opprobrium
- pang
- pudency
- remorse
- reproach
- scandal
- self-disgust
- self-reproach
- self-reproof
- shamefacedness
- skeleton in the cupboard
- smear
- stigma
- stupefaction
- treachery
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