derisive
characterized by or expressing derision; contemptuous; mocking: derisive heckling.
Origin of derisive
1- Also de·ri·so·ry [dih-rahy-suh-ree, -zuh-]. /dɪˈraɪ sə ri, -zə-/.
Other words from derisive
- de·ri·sive·ly, adverb
- de·ri·sive·ness, noun
- non·de·ri·sive, adjective
- o·ver·de·ri·sive, adjective
- o·ver·de·ri·sive·ly, adverb
- o·ver·de·ri·sive·ness, noun
- un·de·ri·sive, adjective
- un·de·ri·sive·ly, adverb
- un·de·ri·sive·ness, noun
- un·de·ri·so·ry, adjective
Words Nearby derisive
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How to use derisive in a sentence
That being said, people in the deaf community felt free to make pointed and derisive comments about my CI.
This Is What It Is Like To Be Deaf From Birth | Quora Contributor | December 23, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe message is derisive—rhabdomyolysis and whatever else might happen to certain people is really for wimps and buffoons only.
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Marty Reisman: The Magical Hustler Who Saved a Classic Game | Harold Evans | December 10, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTA French satirical magazine runs some derisive cartoons of Muhammad.
Remember all the derisive comments about previous encounters?
A Winning Final Four at the GOP Debate in Charleston | Michael Medved | January 20, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
Sometimes it comes in literal sobriety, sometimes in derisive travesti, sometimes in tragic aggravation.
Checkmate | Joseph Sheridan Le FanuThere is something repulsively familiar about the tall man, his mouth drawn into a derisive smile.
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist | Alexander BerkmanSometimes he thinks that they wink at one another with regard to him, or make signs behind his back that are meant to be derisive.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine | Austin Malley"Oh, that only shows you can't interpret operatic music," Rob replied, with a derisive grin.
A Fortune Hunter; Or, The Old Stone Corral | John Dunloe CarteretThe Turk heard the derisive laugh, and he felt the tingling of his ear and the poke in his ribs.
Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks | Bracebridge Hemyng
British Dictionary definitions for derisive
/ (dɪˈraɪsɪv, -zɪv) /
showing or characterized by derision; mocking; scornful
Derived forms of derisive
- derisively, adverb
- derisiveness, noun
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