derisive laughter. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
It was strongly fortified and deemed so impregnable that the blind and lame were sent to man the battlements, in derisive mockery of the. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
I suspect that we see a trace of this same expression in what is called a derisive or sardonic smile. From Wordnik.com. [The expression of the emotions in man and animals] Reference
The fish man had explained in terms derisive, but plain, the difference between a fish man and a fisherman. From Wordnik.com. [Gentle Julia] Reference
Is that "derisive" of her small-town background now?. From Wordnik.com. [WaPo: Palin's Critics Deride Her For Being From Small Town] Reference
They have a kind of derisive attitude towards everything. From Wordnik.com. [Great Books: My Adventures with Homer, Rousseau, Woolf and Other Indestructible Writers of the Western World] Reference
Is that "derisive" of her small-town background now? print share. From Wordnik.com. [WaPo: Palin's Critics Deride Her For Being From Small Town] Reference
I suspect that the Republicans are going to fold that into a new agey, "The Secret," kind of derisive joke. From Wordnik.com. [Hullabaloo] Reference
I know that can't be true, but it's this kind of derisive. From Wordnik.com. [TalkLeft] Reference
There was an ugly look in her eyes as she said this, but the titter increased into a kind of derisive laugh. From Wordnik.com. [Weapons of Mystery] Reference
"Gammon!" said Mr. Sowerby; and as he said it, he looked with a kind of derisive smile into the clergyman's face. From Wordnik.com. [Framley Parsonage] Reference
‘Gammon!’ said Mr Sowerby; and as he said it, he looked with a kind of derisive smile into the clergyman’s face. From Wordnik.com. [Framley Parsonage] Reference
Why do you extend your hand to me with derisive phrases?. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
In the past he'd been nothing but derisive of my beard. From Wordnik.com. [Wild Dreams of Reality, 2] Reference
"Oh, go 'long!" exclaimed the ruffian, in a derisive tone. From Wordnik.com. [The Dock Rats of New York] Reference
Why does he speak of the "derisive laughter of the storm"?. From Wordnik.com. [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Literature] Reference
On the road he will face the derisive chants of "Daarr-RYL.". From Wordnik.com. [One More Time At Bat] Reference
With that, the geekerati erupted in derisive hoots and hollers. From Wordnik.com. [Pow! Sony Gets Hit] Reference
"You mean you are saved," corrected Reddy with a derisive grin. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Third Year at Overton College] Reference
An avalanche of derisive remarks concerning his sanity roared down on. From Wordnik.com. [I Was a Teen-Age Secret Weapon] Reference
Up went the hand of Waterman, amid the derisive cheers of those around him. From Wordnik.com. [The Hero of Garside School] Reference
A derisive chorus of "ba's" followed them as they hurried along the street. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Miss Nobody Or, With the Girls of Pinewood Hall] Reference
As he left, some fans followed him toward the gate with more derisive chants. From Wordnik.com. [Fan In LeBron James Heat Jersey Creates Firestorm In Cleveland] Reference
The princess could but note, and a derisive expression crept about her mouth. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
At once Long-Shanks stopped too, and the two brothers broke out into derisive laughter. From Wordnik.com. [Good Blood] Reference
There was an explosion of derisive laughter from some cops on the other side of the room. From Wordnik.com. [The Grief Counselor] Reference
Wept for all the derisive laughter, the pointed fingers, his father's disapproving glares. From Wordnik.com. [FOR SCIENCE!] Reference
Then, he left his chair, and with a low and somewhat derisive bow to his affianced wife, said. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Woman] Reference
The wind was keen and cold, the laprobes flew and fluttered in derisive refusal to be tucked in. From Wordnik.com. [The Wind Before the Dawn] Reference
I left a trail of derisive laughter in my wake, not at all mitigated by my grades, which were high. From Wordnik.com. [LIGHT FINGERS] Reference
At the same time, I believe it is counter-productive to treat Kim in a derisive or disdainful manner. From Wordnik.com. [Kim Jong Il: The Truth Behind The Caricature] Reference
In more institutionalized political cultures like Chile's or Mexico's, the term caudillo has become faintly derisive. From Wordnik.com. [The Return of the Caudillo] Reference
Audiences conditioned on the tonal simplicities of Hollywood may feel the need to ward it off with derisive laughter. From Wordnik.com. [Review: His Kinky Tale Rocks The Boat] Reference
In Italy, Jersey has surprisingly been received warmly, though with the same derisive posture some of its American fans have. From Wordnik.com. [America’s New Icons] Reference
We've even come up with a derisive nickname for people who voluntarily plunge into stressful situations: they're "adrenaline junkies.". From Wordnik.com. [Who Says Stress Is Bad For You?] Reference
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