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derisive(adjective) Abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule. Synonyms: gibelike, jeering, mocking, tauntingUsage: Dirk Stroeve was one of those persons whom…you cannot think of without derisive laughter or an embarrassed shrug of the shoulders.
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Word of the Day derisive Definition: (adjective) Abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule. Synonyms: gibelike, jeering, mocking, taunting Usage: Dirk Stroeve was one of those persons whom…you cannot think of without derisive laughter or an embarrassed shrug of the shoulders.
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derisive (adjective) Abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule. Synonyms: gibelike, jeering, mocking, taunting Usage: Dirk Stroeve was one of those persons whom…you cannot think of without derisive laughter or an embarrassed shrug of the shoulders.
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You had clearly chosen to promote your own career in the local press, looking for a model to paint. Some of the statements contained in your invitation for opening Dutch Flowers Exhibition were both untrue and gratuitously derisive, implying that this alone may be considered abusive. Even though admission fee is six pence only.
le vert est un nouveau noir
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(adjective) Abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule.
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The words from the French root rire (laugh) - risible, deride, derisive, ridicule, ridiculous are parallel to the Germanic root - laugh, laughter, laughable. But interesting that the French-derived words all seem to be cruel, whereas 'to laugh/laughter' is normally a positive thing. 'Laughable' can be cruel, although I think not a strong as 'risible'. Rire itself is positive in French, but all its English derivatives are nasty. Social history expressed in language?
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