Examples of derisive

• This derisive tone of certainty is out of step with the volume's more nuanced treatments of this problem.

• Committee members also team up in the laughter, which seems to be derisive, since it systematically follows face threats (cf. 38-39 and 41).

• Mina tries to strike a derisive tone here, and most critics take her at her word.

• I was very sorry indeed to hear those derisive cheers.

• What he said in that speech is totally derisive.

• The obstacle that we all have to surmount in coming weeks and months is the derisive and incredulous attitude of the general public.

• I expected a derisive laugh at that remark.

• To claim that they will provide employment opportunities in the construction industry deserves derisive laughter.