Associations to the word «Derisive»

Wiktionary

DERISIVE, adjective. Expressing or characterized by derision; mocking; ridiculing.
DERISIVE, adjective. Deserving or provoking derision or ridicule.

Dictionary definition

DERISIVE, adjective. Abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule; "derisive laughter"; "a jeering crowd"; "her mocking smile"; "taunting shouts of `coward' and `sissy'".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne