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  • 21derisive language — index profanity Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 22derisive, derisory —    Something that is derisive conveys ridicule or contempt. Something that is derisory invites it. A derisory offer is likely to provoke a derisive response …

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  • 23derisive, derisory —    Something that is derisive conveys ridicule or contempt. Something that is derisory invites it. A derisory offer is likely to provoke a derisive response …

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  • 24derisive — Synonyms and related words: abusive, arrogant, audacious, aweless, back biting, bantering, belittling, biggety, bitchy, blackening, blameful, bluff, bold, booing, brash, brassy, brazen, bumptious, calumniatory, calumnious, catcalling, catty,… …

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  • 25derisive — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. derisory, mocking, sarcastic, contemptuous, supercilious, disdainful. See ridicule,disrespect, contempt, detraction. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. insulting, mocking, taunting, contemptuous; see… …

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  • 26derisive — de·ri·sive· || dɪ raɪsɪv adj. ridiculous; contemptuous; contemptible …

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  • 27derisive — [dɪ rʌɪsɪv, z ] adjective expressing contempt or ridicule. Derivatives derisively adverb derisiveness noun …

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  • 28derisive — a.; (also derisory) Scoffing, mocking, ridiculing, scornful, contemptuous, contumelious …

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  • 29derisive — adj scornful, derisory, jeering, disdainful; contemptuous, supercilious, arrogant, insolent; mocking, taunting, flouting, jesting, insulting, contumelious; sarcastic, sardonic, parodistic, satirical …

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  • 30derisive — de·ri·sive …

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