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Example sentences from the Web for derisoryAccordingly, when the pirates finally make contact and demand $50 million, Peter offers them a derisory $250,000. ‘A Hijacking,’ the Somali Pirate Movie Without Tom Hanks, Is Fantastic|Tom Sykes|July 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST But at least the Goncourt, with its derisory 50NF cash reward, had clean hands. Mantel Books the Booker|John Sutherland|October 6, 2009|DAILY BEAST Steno was accused before the Quarantia and let off with a punishment which the Doge regarded as derisory. Venice and its Story|Thomas Okey It is a contemptible and derisory gift for luck, like vituperative outcries. Folkways|William Graham Sumner
"Come and shew yer ticket o' leave," urged Culling with derisory finger outstretched to indicate the forces of law and order. The Sixth Sense|Stephen McKenna The term astrology had none of the unfortunate or derisory signification that it has at the present time. The Popes and Science|James J. Walsh The slightest glance of amused and derisory intelligence passed between them as the Complete Sportsman plunged into the game. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, June 3, 1914|Various
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adjectivesubject to or worthy of derision, esp because of being ridiculously small or inadequate another word for derisive Words nearby derisoryderide, de rigueur, derisible, derision, derisive, derisory, deriv., derivation, derivative, derive, derived curve Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to derisoryfunny, fantastic, farcical, humorous, ludicrous, preposterous, ridiculous, absurd, hilarious, bizarre, nonsensical, comical, measly, insignificant, meager, miserable, pitiful, trivial, puny, unbelievable |