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comparative more derisive, superlative most derisive
Expressing or characterized by derision; mocking; ridiculing. examples
Deserving or provoking derision or ridicule. examples
plural derisives
(rare) A derisive remark. quotations
The three lambs stood at bay, huddled close together, and helplessly bleated feeble derisives at the wolf who has headed them off from safety; but their polite and Englishy tone was a source of Homeric laughter to this Thersites of the Pleasance.
1894, Samuel Rutherford Crockett, The Stickit Minister: And Some Common Men, page 173
He leaped over the embankment at the river's edge in such a manner that it appeared he had been fatally hit and was down for good; the Yankees shouting such derisives as "Another damn Rebel for hell," "Goodbye, you Rebel bastard," etc., didn't go right away to rob the corpse.
1962, Homer Floyd Fansler, History of Tucker County, West Virginia, page 192
Indeed, the power inherent in the labels attributed to them has repeatedly transformed these terms from allegedly scientific ones into colloquial derisives.
2017, Bogdadn Lesnik, Countering Discrimination in Social Work