Vocabulary
Derision
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
contemptuous ridicule or mockery.
Urdu meaning
تضحیک، حقارت آمیز
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- This must have evoked derision in Putin`s Kremlin.
- His innuendo-filled derision also extended to women journalists, as he made an uncouth remark quoting a Punjabi song.
- Jewish intellectuals lil(e the author Marsha Gessen, who compared Gaza to the ghettoes in Poland during the Holocaust, have faced derision from Zionists, but their silencing has been viewed with alarm by everyone else.
- It has weathered derision, exploitation and a ha ndon ment; as a result, employment opportunities for trans people have been inconsequential with marginal educational and healthcare support.
- Nawaz Sharif also hinted at the same threat from the PTI by referring to his own party`s `well-behaved` women; opprobrium for abusive young people and derision for unnamed people who carry a tasbeeh publicly.
Synonyms
mockery, ridicule, jeering, jeers, sneers, scoffing, jibing, taunts, disdain, disparagement
Curator example
“my stories were greeted with derision and disbelief”
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Urdu equivalents where we have them, word relations, and—when generated—real lines from the editorial archive
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