Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- With derision or mockery.
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- adjective in a
mocking anddemeaning manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a disrespectful and mocking manner
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Examples
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In fact, I should thank the people who have used this term derisively against me.
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No, the only thing last night's packed house gave McCain were groans -- and a nice hiss when he called derisively referred to Obama as "that one."
John Hood: Miami Debate-Watch Crowd in the Tank for Obama 2008
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"Mebbe yo 'sympathies will be more tenderer for me in my afflictions of lawless sons after this, Nancy," he called derisively over his shoulder.
Judith of the Cumberlands Alice MacGowan
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a term derisively coined by conventional farmer Blake Hurst in the right-wing magazine
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Perhaps back then, it wasn’t considered offensive I recall movies from the 50s that used the term derisively towards N.A.s.
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Perhaps back then, it wasn’t considered offensive I recall movies from the 50s that used the term derisively towards N.A.s.
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Yet she gets in there and does battle for the causes she believes in, rather than catcalling derisively from the sidelines.
Elizabeth Bisbee Silber: Does Anyone in Congress Have the Stomach to Lead? 2010
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What was once dubbed derisively as "Hillarycare" will now carry that moniker as a brand of honor.
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The New Archaeology—as it was called derisively by its critics and admiringly by its enthusiasts—was most closely associated with two charismatic but very different men: Lewis Binford in the United States and David Clarke in the United Kingdom.
The Goddess and the Bull MICHAEL BALTER 2005
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She took both hands, and called derisively as she fired again.
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