Derisive

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Derisive \De*ri"sive\, a.
     Expressing, serving for, or characterized by, derision.
     "Derisive taunts." --Pope. -- {De*ri"sive*ly}, adv. --
     {De*ri"sive*ness}, n.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  derisive
       adj : abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule; "derisive
             laughter"; "a jeering crowd"; "her mocking smile";
             "taunting shouts of `coward' and `sissy'" [syn: {gibelike},
              {jeering}, {mocking}, {taunting}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  122 Moby Thesaurus words for "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