derisiveadj.
/dɪˈrʌɪsɪv/ a. Characterized by derision; scoffing, mocking.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > [adjective]
gamelyOE
hathfula1250
scornfula1400
hathlya1425
mockisha1513
mockinga1529
mowinga1529
deriding1530
hethingfulc1540
bourding1552
make-sport1582
frumping1587
yarking1593
jerking1596
bobbing1605
derident1609
buffoonizing1611
scoptical?1611
scommatizing1613
derisory1618
ridiculous1622
ludibriousa1643
frumpish1647
twitting1655
derisivea1662
derisorious1664
scoptic1670
ridiculing1684
derisionarya1704
mockful1754
irrisory1846
a1662 J. Gauden Whole Duty Communicant (1685) 102 His derisive purple stain'd..with blood.
1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. ii. 364 Derisive taunts were spread from guest to guest.
1871 W. H. Ainsworth Tower Hill i. ii ‘Soh! you are come!’ he exclaimed, in a deep, derisive tone.
a1897 Mod. Newspr. Rept. of Parl. The statement of the hon. member was received with derisive cheers [i.e. Hear! hear! uttered in derisive tones].
b. That causes derision, ridiculous.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > fact or condition of being mocked or ridiculed > [adjective] > ridiculous
gamelyOE
jape-worthyc1374
foolisha1500
ridiculous1533
ludibrious1570
laughable1600
mockablea1616
laughworthy1616
ludicral1656
derisible1657
absurd1716
grotesque1747
tomfool1762
irrisible1767
ludicrous1782
deridable1804
saugrenu1876
screwy1887
derisive1896
josh1908
nutty1915
derisory1923
dingbat1935
bonkers1961
joky1964
1896 Westm. Gaz. 25 Feb. 2/1 In thirteen years he has brought a paper costing money to keep it going and with a derisive circulation to the front rank of the world's journalism.
1923 Daily Mail 15 May 8 Germany has provided only a derisive amount to make good that cruel injury.
Derivatives
deˈrisively adv. in a mocking manner, with derision.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > [adverb]
hethelyc1175
hokerlyc1275
a-scoffc1300
scornfullyc1380
bourdfullya1400
japinglya1420
a-scornc1485
bourdly1500
mockishlya1529
mockingly1542
bourdingly1552
deridingly1570
frumpingly1576
floutingly1580
fleeringly?1620
derisively1665
mockfully1834
snook-cockingly1962
1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 220 That hyperbole..which derisively term[s] Cairo and Damascus villages.
1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 243 (R.) The Persians [were] thence called Magussæi derisively by other ethnicks.
1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xlv. 447 ‘Never you mind,’ retorted that gentleman, tapping his nose, derisively.
deˈrisiveness n.
ΚΠ
1847 J. Craig New Universal Dict. Derisiveness, the state of being derisive.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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