derisive

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Expressing or characterized by derision; mocking; ridiculing.

   The critic's review of the film was derisive.

2. 2
   adj

   Deserving or provoking derision or ridicule.

   The plot of the film was so derisive that the audience began to jeer.

3. 3
   noun

   A derisive remark.

   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.

4. 4
   adj

   abusing vocally

Etymology

From the participle stem of Latin dērīdeō (“to deride”) + -ive.