Derision vs. Opprobrium

Derisionnoun

Act of treating with disdain.

Opprobriumnoun

Disgrace arising from exceedingly shameful conduct; ignominy.

Derisionnoun

Something to be derided; a laughing stock.

Opprobriumnoun

Scornful reproach or contempt.

Derisionnoun

The act of deriding, or the state of being derided; mockery; scornful or contemptuous treatment which holds one up to ridicule.

‘He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh; the Lord shall have them in derision.’; ‘Satan beheld their plight,And to his mates thus in derision called.’;

Opprobriumnoun

A cause of shame or disgrace.

Derisionnoun

An object of derision or scorn; a laughing-stock.

‘I was a derision to all my people.’;

Opprobriumnoun

A state of disgrace; infamy; reproach mingled with contempt; odium{3}.

Derisionnoun

contemptuous laughter

Opprobriumnoun

Abusive language.

‘Being both dramatic author and dramatic performer, he found himself heir to a twofold opprobrium.’;

Derisionnoun

the act of deriding or treating with contempt

Opprobriumnoun

state of disgrace resulting from public abuse

Derisionnoun

contemptuous ridicule or mockery

‘my stories were greeted with derision and disbelief’;

Opprobriumnoun

a state of extreme dishonor;

‘a date which will live in infamy’; ‘the name was a by-word of scorn and opprobrium throughout the city’;

Opprobriumnoun

harsh criticism or censure

‘the critical opprobrium generated by his films’;

Opprobriumnoun

public disgrace arising from shameful conduct

‘the opprobrium of being closely associated with gangsters’;

Opprobriumnoun

an occasion or cause of reproach or disgrace.