Sekirov Dictionary

derisive

/dɪˈɹaɪ.sɪv/

adjective 2
noun 1
forms 3

adjective2

•
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.

noun1

•
(rare) A derisive remark.
- Indeed, the power inherent in the labels attributed to them has repeatedly transformed these terms from allegedly scientific ones into colloquial derisives. — 2017

forms

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