derisive
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- IPA /dɪˈɹaɪ.sɪv/
Noun
derisive noun
- A derisive remark.
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derisive adjective
- 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.”
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ridiculousdisdainfulmockingridiculingscornfuljeeringgibeliketauntingdisrespectfulsnidederogativesardonicsneeringsubderisoriousdespectivemockworthypejorativecynical
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