derisive

1. 1

   Expressing or characterized by derision; mocking; ridiculing.

   • The critic's review of the film was derisive.
2. 2

   Deserving or provoking derision or ridicule.

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

ant. respectful · supportive · praising · respectable

1. 1

   A derisive remark.rare

   • Indeed, the power inherent in the labels attributed to them has repeatedly transformed these terms from allegedly scientific ones into colloquial derisives.