| Definition of 'derisory' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) absurd, cockeyed, derisory, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous
incongruous;inviting ridicule
"the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework"; "that's a cockeyed idea"; "ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer"; "a contribution so small as to be laughable"; "it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion"; "a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history"; "her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous"
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| Definition of 'derisory' |
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1. (adj) derisory
derisive; mocking
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Sense: ridiculous
His attempts were derisory.
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 Afrikaans: spottende, honende |
 Arabic: ساخِره، مُضْحِكه، مُثيرَه |
 Bulgarian: смешен |
 Brazilian: risível |
 Czech: směšný |
 German: lächerlich |
 Danish: latterlig |
 Greek: γελοίος |
 Spanish: irrisorio |
 Estonian: naeruväärne |
 Farsi: مسخره؛ خنده دار |
 Finnish: naurettava |
 French: dérisoire |
 Hebrew: מְגוֹחָך |
 Hindi: उपहास योग्य |
 Croatian: posprdan, smiješan |
 Hungarian: nevetséges |
 Indonesian: menggelikan |
 Icelandic: fáránlegur, hlægilegur |
 Italian: irrisorio |
 Japanese: ばかげた |
 Korean: 비웃는, 조소하는, 조롱하는 |
 Lithuanian: juokingas |
 Latvian: smieklīgs |
 Malay: mengejek |
 Dutch: belachelijk |
 Norwegian: latterlig, useriøs |
 Polish: śmieszny |
 Persian: مسخره؛ خنده دار |
 Pashto: مسخره |
 Portuguese: risível |
 Romanian: ridicol |
 Russian: нелепый |
 Slovak: smiešny |
 Slovenian: smešen |
 Serbian: zanemarljiv |
 Swedish: skrattretande, löjlig |
 Thai: น่าหัวเราะเยาะ |
 Turkish: gülünç, komik |
 Taiwanese: 可笑的 |
 Ukrainian: глузливий |
 Urdu: تمسخر آمیز |
 Vietnamese: thiếu đứng đắn |
 Chinese: 可笑的 |
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