adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Fenton's remark drew derisive laughs.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Did they, too, intend it as derisive ?
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It inspired derisive laughter and never improved my station.
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Jimmy gave a quiet, derisive laugh.
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Such derisive superiority is attractive, and you see people give into it everywhere you turn.
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The missionaries could have laughed last, had that derisive sentiment been in them.
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This notion merely induced derisive laughter.
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Usually she did not care that they drove away me or anyone else younger with derisive shouts.
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Yet that brief derisive stare pierced her to her soul.