Synonyms for derisive
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Mocking — expressing or characterized by derision; mocking; ridiculing
mocking, contemptuous, scornful, taunting, sarcastic, disdainful, disrespectful, sardonic, derisory, ridiculing, jeering, gibelike, contumelious formal dated, derisionary dated
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Definitions
- adj. 1
Expressing or characterized by derision; mocking; ridiculing.
The critic's review of the film was derisive.
Related words
- Word family
- derisively derisiveness deride derisible derision derisionary derisory
Example sentences
- mocking I lost my temper because of Tom's mocking remarks.
- taunting Incessant taunting in childhood can be traumatic.
- contemptuous Tom seems to be contemptuous of ordinary people.
- scornful Everybody is fed up with Dan's scornful attitude.
- ridiculous That's the most ridiculous movie I have ever seen.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| derisive | rising | |
| mocking | rising | |
| taunting | rising | |
| contemptuous | steady | |
| scornful | rising | |
| ridiculous | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 7 letters
- mocking2, jeering2
- 8 letters
- taunting2, sardonic3, scornful2, derisory, gibelike
- 9 letters
- sarcastic3, derisible
- 10 letters
- ridiculous4, ridiculing4, disdainful3
- 11 letters
- derisionary
- 12 letters
- contemptuous4, contumelious
- 13 letters
- disrespectful4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (mocking2 = 2 syllables).