| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| SCORNING | Deriding | |
| DISDAINING | Deriding | |
| RIDICULING | Deriding | |
| LUDIFICATION | The act of deriding. | |
| ASTEISM | Genteel irony; a polite and ingenious manner of deriding another. | |
| DERISION | The act of deriding, or the state of being derided; mockery; scornful or contemptuous treatment which holds one up to ridicule. | |
| MOCKERY | The act of mocking, deriding, and exposing to contempt, by mimicry, by insincere imitation, or by a false show of earnestness; a counterfeit appearance. | |