Examples of 'derisive' in a sentence
Meaning of "derisive"
Derisive (adjective): Showing contempt or ridicule. It is often used to describe remarks, comments, or behavior that demonstrate mockery or scorn towards someone or something
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- Expressing or characterized by derision; mocking; ridiculing.
- Deserving or provoking derision or ridicule.
- A derisive remark.
How to use "derisive" in a sentence
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Her answers were evasive and derisive.
In opposition to the sky derisive this rigid whiteness.
By derisive and unsubstantiated claims.
I have been dismissive or downright derisive about hedges.
A storm of derisive applause broke out.
The acronym functions here as a slightly derisive diminutive.
Will is derisive of the idea.
It was either that or let the derisive laugh escape.
That can be a derisive term to runners who try to take their sport seriously.
This immediate heavenly response to a derisive challenge was an exception.
A derisive comment came out the moment Li Qiye set foot on the platform.
But there is nothing derisive about this symbol.
The only smile appropriate to give you is a derisive sneer.
That was a derisive comment.
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You were being mockingly derisive.
He ushed hotly under the derisive grins of the bulldozer drivers.
You were being mockingIy derisive.
In a derisive way.
I do not use it as a derisive term.
Even in humiliating and derisive situations we can still hold a sense of dignity.
It was meant to be a derisive term.
The perpetrators counter with derisive denials and cliched rejections of their individual responsibilities.
In other historical instances the term had been used in a derisive manner.
Through satire they have turned the derisive term as a marker of their own ethnic identity.
This later became the trait of a widespread category of derisive jokes.
Most Europeans were derisive of such relatively bloodless sport.
One of the evicted members of the family held up a derisive finger in response.
His derisive laughter made me think that I was wrong.
And his laughter was always derisive and full of malice.
But I do not think he intends it to be derisive.
Derisive laughter Colombian.
It seems like you were being derisive and belittling.
How much derisive laughter are we able to accept?
He considers the hopes of the other adventurers futile and makes derisive comments about them.
Twinkie defense " is a derisive label for an improbable legal defense.
And it was not that snarky, derisive laugh.
With derisive humor, he reinterprets the signs of the imprisoned female body.
Throughout its existence the telescope was the butt of many derisive jokes and unflattering cartoons.
Though some users expressed support, much of the commentary appears to be mocking and derisive.
The agitator Suren dared to sing derisive songs in the Street of Immense Gratitude.
When that expression was coined, it was derisive.
They were always so derisive and ego-crippling.
A sort of, what had seemed to me as sort of derisive tone.
Laughter howls of derisive laughter, bruce.
Its practitioners were often apologetic, its opponents censorious or derisive.
He will act kindly, but he will be derisive and condescending.
Caricatures and other derisive drawings certainly had a soothing power, in addition to their strategic aspect.
The first person he interviewed . derisive chuckle.
And they developed this very derisive term to describe it, military operations other than war.
