derisive

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: de=ri=sive
• COUNT in NET: 1 in 1 verses (in OT : 1 in 1 verses)

OXFORD DICTIONARY

derisive, adj. = DERISORY.

Derivative

derisively adv. derisiveness n.

THESAURUS

derisive

abusive, arrogant, audacious, aweless, back-biting, bantering, belittling, biggety, bitchy, blackening, blameful, bluff, bold, booing, brash, brassy, brazen, bumptious, calumniatory, calumnious, catcalling, catty, censorious, chaffing, challenging, cheeky, chutzpadik, cocky, condemnatory, contemptuous, contumelious, crusty, damnatory, daring, defamatory, defiant, defying, denunciatory, deprecative, deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory, derisory, derogative, derogatory, detractory, discourteous, disdainful, disparaging, disregardful, disrespectful, execrating, execrative, execratory, facy, fleering, flip, flippant, fooling, fresh, gally, gratuitous, greatly daring, grinning, hissing, hooting, impertinent, impudent, insolent, invective, inveighing, irreverent, jeering, joshing, judgmental, kidding, leering, libelous, malapert, minimizing, mocking, nervy, objurgatory, panning, pejorative, pert, priggish, quizzical, ragging, railing, rallying, razzing, regardless of consequences, reproachful, reprobative, reviling, ridiculing, roasting, rude, sassy, saucy, scandalous, scoffing, scurrile, scurrilous, slanderous, slighting, smart, smart-alecky, smart-ass, smirking, sneering, snickering, sniggering, snorting, taunting, teasing, twitting, uncalled-for, vilifying, vituperative, wise-ass

ROGET THESAURUS

derisive

Ridicule

N ridicule, derision, sardonic smile, sardonic grin, irrision, scoffing, mockery, quiz, banter, irony, persiflage, raillery, chaff, badinage, quizzing, asteism, squib, satire, skit, quip, quib, grin, parody, burlesque, travesty, travestie, farce, caricature, buffoonery, practical joke, horseplay, scorn, contempt, derisory, derisive, mock, mocking, sarcastic, ironic, ironical, quizzical, burlesque, Hudibrastic, scurrilous, in ridicule.

Disrespect

N disrespect, disesteem, disestimation, disparagement irreverence, slight, neglect, spretae injuria formae, superciliousness, vilipendency, vilification, contumely, affront, dishonor, insult, indignity, outrage, discourtesy, practical joking, scurrility, scoffing, sibilance, hissing, sibilation, irrision, derision, mockery, irony, sarcasm, hiss, hoot, boo, gibe, flout, jeer, scoff, gleek, taunt, sneer, quip, fling, wipe, slap in the face, disrespectful, aweless, irreverent, disparaging, insulting, supercilious, contemptuous, patronizing, rude, derisive, sarcastic, scurrile, scurrilous, contumelious, unrespected, unworshiped, unenvied, unsaluted, unregarded, disregarded, disrespectfully.

Contempt

N contempt, disdain, scorn, sovereign contempt, despisal, despiciency, despisement, vilipendency, contumely, slight, sneer, spurn, by-word, despect, contemptuousness, scornful eye, smile of contempt, derision, despisedness, contemptuous, disdainful, scornful, withering, contumelious, supercilious, cynical, haughty, bumptious, cavalier, derisive, contemptible, despicable, pitiable, pitiful, despised, downtrodden, unenvied, unrespectable (unworthy), contemptuously, Int, a fig for, bah!, never mind!, away with!, hang it!, fiddlededee!, a dismal universal hiss, the sound of public scorn, I had rather be a dog and bay the moon than such a.