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derisory
Synonyms and Antonyms of derisory
1
intended to make a person or thing seem of little importance or value
aspersing, calumnious, defamatory, insulting, libelous (or libellous), maligning, slandering, slanderous, vilifying
abusive, opprobrious, scurrilous
catty, cruel, despiteful, hateful, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, mean, nasty, spiteful, unkind, virulent
critical, denunciative, denunciatory
acrimonious, bitter, envious, jaundiced, jealous, rancorous, resentful
2
so foolish or pointless as to be worthy of scornful laughter
absurd, cockamamy (or cockamamie), comical, derisive, farcical, laughable, ludicrous, pathetic, preposterous, ridiculous, risible, silly
asinine, brainless, dumb, fatuous, foolish, half-baked, half-witted, harebrained, idiotic (also idiotical), imbecile (or imbecilic), inane, jerky, moronic, nonsensical, simpleminded, stupid, unwise, weak-minded, witless
balmy, cockeyed, crazy, cuckoo, daffy, daft, dotty, insane, kooky (also kookie), loony (also looney), lunatic, mad, nutty, screwball, senseless, wacky (also whacky)
fantastic (also fantastical), far-fetched, inconceivable, incredible, unbelievable, unreal, unrealistic, unreasonable
for the birds
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