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Webster 1913 Edition

Derisive

De-ri′sive

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Adj.

Expressing, serving for, or characterized by, derision.

“Derisive taunts.”

Pope.

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De-ri′sive-ly

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adv.

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De-ri′sive-ness

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Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition

Derisive

DERISIVE

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Adj.

Containing derision; mocking; ridiculing.

Derisive taunts.

Definition 2024

derisive

derisive

English

Adjective

derisive ‎(comparative more derisive, superlative most derisive)

Expressing or characterized by derision; mocking; ridiculing.
The critic's review of the film was derisive.
Deserving or provoking derision or ridicule.
The plot of the film was so derisive that the audience began to jeer.

Synonyms

(expressing or characterized by derision): mocking, ridiculing, scornful, disdainful
(deserving or provoking derision): ridiculous

Derived terms

derisively

Related terms

derision
derisionary

Translations

expressing or characterized by derision; mocking

Bulgarian: насмешлив (bg) ‎(nasmešliv), подигравателен (bg) ‎(podigravatelen)
Finnish: pilkallinen (fi)
German: spöttisch (de), höhnisch (de)
Hungarian: gúnyos (hu), gúnyolódó
Icelandic: háðslegur (is)

Polish: szyderczy m, drwiący m
Portuguese: escarnecedor
Russian: насме́шливый (ru) ‎(nasméšlivyj)
Spanish: burlón (es), mofador
Swedish: skrattretande

deserving or provoking derision

Bulgarian: смехотворен ‎(smehotvoren)
German: lächerlich (de)
Hungarian: gúnyos (hu), gúnyolódó

Portuguese: ridículo (pt)
Russian: смехотво́рный (ru) ‎(smexotvórnyj)
Spanish: ridículo (es)

References

derisive in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

desirive