Definition of Derisiveness. Meaning of Derisiveness. Synonyms of Derisiveness

- Mockery or mocking is the act of insulting or making light of a person or other thing, sometimes merely by taunting, but often by making a caricature,...
- longtime civic leader James S. T. Stranahan, who became known (often derisively) as the "Baron Haussmann of Brooklyn" for championing Prospect Park and...
- disgust of influential critics such as Roger Ebert, who was prone to derisively condemn such moves, with gestures such as "The Wagging Finger of Shame"...
- the one who held the least amount of power and influence, even being derisively referred to as Mendocita. Mendoza served in the Government Junta until...
- in the early 1980s who promoted maneuver warfare tactics, and who were derisively referred to as Jedi by more conventional officers who were satisfied with...
- treble. As a derisive slang term, it refers to a do-gooder or someone who is morally upright, in the same sense that "Boy Scout" (also derisively) refers to...
- relinquished it. Tertullian, when he had become a Montanist, used the title derisively of either the pope or the bishop of Carthage. The popes began to use this...
- practice, many amateurs claimed more than actual expenditure, and the derisive term "shamateur" was coined to describe the practice. The game underwent...
- cost Lincoln political support in his district. One Illinois newspaper derisively nicknamed him "spotty Lincoln". Lincoln later regretted some of his statements...
- and Anthropology of Religion, the Xuanzang memoir includes, somewhat derisively, the re****tion of Prayag as a place where people (Hindus) once committed...