Definition of "derisive" in Englisch

adjective

1. Expressing or characterized by derision; mocking; ridiculing.

   • The critic's review of the film was derisive.

2. Deserving or provoking derision or ridicule.

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

noun

1. (rare) A derisive remark.