Word Meanings - DERISIVE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Expressing, serving for, or characterized by, derision. "Derisive taunts." Pope. -- De*ri"sive*ly, adv. -- De*ri"sive*ness, n.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of DERISIVE)

• Abderite
• Cynic
• sardonic
• derisive
• sarcastic
• jocular
• flippant
• nonchalant
• sportive
• sprightful
• buoyant

Related words: (words related to DERISIVE)

• NONCHALANT
  Indifferent; careless; cool. (more info) concern one's self for, fr. L. calere to be warm, to be inflamed with
• FLIPPANT
  limber, pliant, or Icel. fleipa to babble, prattle. Cf. Flip, Fillip, 1. Of smooth, fluent, and rapid speech; speaking with ease and rapidity; having a voluble tongue; talkative. It becometh good men, in such cases, to be flippant and free in their
• SPRIGHTFUL
  Full of spirit or of life; earnest; vivacious; lively; brisk; nimble; gay. -- Spright"ful*ly, adv. Shak. -- Spright"ful*ness, n. Spoke like a sprightful gentlemen. Shak. Steeds sprightful as the light. Cowley.
• SPORTIVE
  Tending to, engaged in, or provocate of, sport; gay; froliscome; playful; merry. Is it I That drive thee from the sportive court Shak. -- Sport"ive*ly, adv. -- Sport"ive*ness, n.
• DERISIVE
  Expressing, serving for, or characterized by, derision. "Derisive taunts." Pope. -- De*ri"sive*ly, adv. -- De*ri"sive*ness, n.
• CYNICALNESS
  The quality of being cynical.
• CYNIC; CYNICAL
  1. Having the qualities of a surly dog; snarling; captious; currish. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received. Johnson. 2. Pertaining to the Dog Star; as, the cynic, or Sothic, year; cynic
• JOCULARITY
  Jesting; merriment.
• NONCHALANTLY
  In a nonchalant, indifferent, or careless manner; coolly.
• FLIPPANTNESS
  State or quality of being flippant.
• CYNIC
  1. One of a sect or school of philosophers founded by Antisthenes, and of whom Diogenes was a disciple. The first Cynics were noted for austere lives and their scorn for social customs and current philosophical opinions. Hence the term
• SARDONIC
  Forced; unnatural; insincere; hence, derisive, mocking, malignant, or bitterly sarcastic; -- applied only to a laugh, smile, or some facial semblance of gayety. Where strained, sardonic smiles are glozing still, And grief is forced to laugh against
• JOCULARY
  Jocular; jocose; sportive. Bacon.
• JOCULAR
  1. Given to jesting; jocose; as, a jocular person. 2. Sportive; merry. "Jocular exploits." Cowper. The style is serious and partly jocular. Dryden.
• CYNICISM
  The doctrine of the Cynics; the quality of being cynical; the mental state, opnions, or conduct, of a cynic; morose and contemptuous views and opinions.
• CYNICALLY
  In a cynical manner.
• ABDERITE
  An inhabitant of Abdera, in Thrace. The Abderite, Democritus, the Laughing Philosopher.
• JOCULARLY
  In jest; for sport or mirth; jocosely.
• SARCASTIC; SARCASTICAL
  Expressing, or expressed by, sarcasm; characterized by, or of the nature of, sarcasm; given to the use of sarcasm; bitterly satirical; scornfully severe; taunting. What a fierce and sarcastic reprehension would this have drawn from the friendship
• SARCASTICALLY
  In a sarcastic manner.