Object+of+derision
51shunning — Shunning is a practice among Mennonites of avoiding those who have been placed under the ban (disfellowshipped). It is a second level of separation and part of a strategy for winning an erring member back into full fellowship. It can be traced …
52a laughing stock — Meaning An object of derision. Origin From Shakespeare s Merry Wives of Windsor. SIR HUGH EVANS [Aside to DOCTOR CAIUS] Pray you let us not be laughing stocks to other men s humours; I desire you in friendship, and I will one way or other make… …
53scoff — skÉ‘f /skÉ’f n. mock, gibe, jeer, scorn, ridicule; object of derision or mockery; food (Slang) v. scorn, mock, deride, ridicule; eat voraciously (Slang) …
54scoffed — skÉ‘f /skÉ’f n. mock, gibe, jeer, scorn, ridicule; object of derision or mockery; food (Slang) v. scorn, mock, deride, ridicule; eat voraciously (Slang) …
55scoffing — skÉ‘f /skÉ’f n. mock, gibe, jeer, scorn, ridicule; object of derision or mockery; food (Slang) v. scorn, mock, deride, ridicule; eat voraciously (Slang) …
56scoffs — skÉ‘f /skÉ’f n. mock, gibe, jeer, scorn, ridicule; object of derision or mockery; food (Slang) v. scorn, mock, deride, ridicule; eat voraciously (Slang) …
57cuckold — [ kʌk(ə)ld] noun the husband of an adulteress regarded as an object of derision. verb make (a married man) a cuckold. Derivatives cuckoldry noun Origin OE, from OFr. cucuault, from cucu cuckoo (from the cuckoo s habit of laying its egg in another …
58mock — verb 1》 tease scornfully; ridicule. ↘mimic contemptuously. 2》 (mock something up) make a replica or imitation of something. adjective 1》 not authentic or real. 2》 (of an examination, battle, etc.) undertaken for training or practice. noun 1》… …
59hissing — n. 1. Hiss. 2. Object of derision, scorn, or contempt …
60scorn — [[t]skɔrn[/t]] n. 1) open or unqualified contempt; disdain 2) an object of derision or contempt 3) a derisive or contemptuous action or speech 4) to treat or regard with contempt or disdain 5) to reject or refuse with contempt or disdain: She… …
