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Derisive

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Adjective

1. derisive, gibelike, jeering, mocking, taunting

abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule

Example Sentences:
'derisive laughter'
'a jeering crowd'
'her mocking smile'
'taunting shouts of coward' and sissy''

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Derisive

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adjective
showing or characterized by derision; mocking; scornful

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Derisive

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adjective
1. 
showing derision; ridiculing
2. 
provoking derision; ridiculous

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Derisive

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adj.
Mocking; jeering.

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