- a variation of derisive.
derisory
Example Sentences
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Notwithstanding the derisory mood of the 1970s, the sense of loss and of destiny denied would arrive much later.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026
"All too often, the sentences handed down against the perpetrators of antisemitic offences and crimes seem derisory," he said.
From Barron's ● Feb. 13, 2026
In the same summer as Arsenal's failed attempt to sign Suarez, Everton described a £28m joint-bid from Manchester United for Marouane Fellaini and Leighton Baines as "derisory and insulting".
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2023
Regional organiser of the GMB union, Alan Perry, said Northern Ireland's Department of Finance had imposed the 2022/23 pay offer of a "derisory £552 on to our members".
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2023
At the derisory charge of four-and-six for the night.
From True Tilda by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
