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Search phrase: derision

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King Edward IIIE3 IV.vi.44This day hath set derision on the French,This daie hath set derision on the French,
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND III.ii.123Scorn and derision never come in tears.Scorne and derision neuer comes in teares:
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND III.ii.159With your derision. None of noble sortWith your derision; none of noble sort,
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND III.ii.197To bait me with this foul derision?To baite me, with this foule derision?
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND III.ii.370When they next wake, all this derisionWhen they next wake, all this derision
Troilus and CressidaTC III.iii.44If so, I have derision medicinableIf so, I haue derision medicinable,

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Glossary

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flouting-stocklaughing-stock, object of derision
insultmentinsult, contempt, derision
mockmockery, derision, ridicule
mockerysubject of ridicule, object of derision
rope[cry of derision, imitating a parrot's cry] hangman's rope, halter
scornmockery, taunt, insult, act of derision
vloutingdialect form of ‘flouting-stock’ [= laughing-stock, object of derision]
whenexclamation of impatience or derision

Thesaurus

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derisioninsultment
derisionmock
derision, act ofscorn
derision, object ofmockery
derision, object offlouting-stock
halter [cry of derision]rope
hangman's rope [cry of derision]rope
rope, hangman's [cry of derision]rope

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