Derisive
[dɪ'raɪsɪv;-z-] or [dɪ'raɪsɪv]
Definition
(adj.) abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule; 'derisive laughter'; 'a jeering crowd'; 'her mocking smile'; 'taunting shouts of `coward' and `sissy'' .
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Definition
(a.) Expressing, serving for, or characterized by, derision.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Scoffing, mocking, ridiculing scornful, contemptuous, contumelious.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Scornful, contemptuous, disrespectful
ANT:Respectful, deferential, reverential
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Examples
- To Gibbon he must go for a derisive statement of these controversies. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- She met Selden's sound of protest with a sharp derisive glance. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Mr Fledgeby could only express the feelings to which this incredible statement gave rise in his breast, by a prodigiously long derisive sniff. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
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