derisoryadj.
/dɪˈrʌɪsəri/ a. Characterized by derision; mocking, derisive.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > [adjective]
gamelyOE
hathfula1250
scornfula1400
hathlya1425
mockisha1513
mockinga1529
mowinga1529
deriding1530
hethingfulc1540
bourding1552
make-sport1582
frumping1587
yarking1593
jerking1596
bobbing1605
derident1609
buffoonizing1611
scoptical?1611
scommatizing1613
derisory1618
ridiculous1622
ludibriousa1643
frumpish1647
twitting1655
derisivea1662
derisorious1664
scoptic1670
ridiculing1684
derisionarya1704
mockful1754
irrisory1846
1618 G. Chapman tr. Hesiod Georgicks ii. 325 The garrulous grashopper..Sits pouring out her derisory song.
1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Cold Iron, a Derisory Periphrasis for a Sword.
1823 I. D'Israeli Curiosities of Lit. 2nd Ser. II. 46 The derisory nick-name [sc. Roundhead].
1853 G. Grote Hist. Greece XI. ii. lxxxiii. 51 Occasions for derisory cheering.
1888 Times 6 Sept. 7/2 They prefer decorous obscurity to a derisory notoriety.
b. = derisive adj. b.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > fact or condition of being mocked or ridiculed > [adjective] > ridiculous
gamelyOE
jape-worthyc1374
foolisha1500
ridiculous1533
ludibrious1570
laughable1600
mockablea1616
laughworthy1616
ludicral1656
derisible1657
absurd1716
grotesque1747
tomfool1762
irrisible1767
ludicrous1782
deridable1804
saugrenu1876
screwy1887
derisive1896
josh1908
nutty1915
derisory1923
dingbat1935
bonkers1961
joky1964
1923 Westm. Gaz. 19 Mar. In comparison with what it was hoped to do the result is derisory.
1923 Daily Mail 5 June 8 Of the total German payments for reparations France has received in cash or kind the derisory amount of £14,500,000, and England the equally preposterous amount of £5,700,000.
1971 Oxf. Times 23 July 1/6 Both rejected the present rate offer as ‘derisory’.
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