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   De·ri·sion

   /dəˈriZH(ə)n/

   

   noun

   • 1. contemptuous ridicule or mockery: "my stories were greeted with derision and disbelief"

   Word Origin late Middle English: via Old French from late Latin derisio(n-), from deridere ‘scoff at’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. derisible adjective

   Scrabble Points: 9

   • D

     2

   • E

     1

   • R

     1

   • I

     1

   • S

     1

   • I

     1

   • O

     1

   • N

     1

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