Word of the day: Derision

Derision: riso motejador, escárnio, mofa, menosprezo, ridículo

Synonyms: butt, laughingstock, jest, joke, mark, mock, mockery, sport, target

“One of the students laughed in derision at my error.”

“The team's awful record has made it an object of derision in the league.”

“Nerd” is a term of derision.”  (www.merriamwebster.com)   

“My remarks were anodyne, but some other snippets of marginalia were shrieks of derision… “—(Paul Theroux, Granta 44, Summer 1993