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Synonyms for derisory
de·riso·ry
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Princeton's WordNet
absurd, cockeyed, derisory, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculousadjective
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"
Synonyms:
farcical, laughable, nonsensical, lopsided, pissed, blind drunk, ludicrous, nonsense(a), besotted, risible, wonky, imbecilic, slopped, mirthful, amusing, blotto, skew-whiff, pixilated, absurd, crocked, crackbrained, comic, ridiculous, fuddled, tight, comical, funny, soused, imbecile, cockeyed, squiffy, silly, preposterous, sozzled, stiff, pathetic, awry(p), plastered, pie-eyed, sloshed, smashed, soaked, loaded, wet, idiotic, askewAntonyms:
wise
Dictionary of English Synonymes
derisoryadjective
Synonyms:
scoffing, mocking, ridiculing scornful, contemptuous, contumelious
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "derisory":
ridiculous, laughable, ludicrous, paltry, pathetic, pitiful, trivial, contemptuous
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Derisory
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#2347 | funny | |
#3208 | wet | |
#3986 | tight | |
#4214 | comic | |
#4886 | loaded | |
#8155 | silly | |
#12556 | trivial | |
#12588 | stiff | |
#12604 | ridiculous | |
#15644 | amusing | |
#16282 | pissed | |
#16818 | absurd | |
#18127 | pathetic | |
#21291 | soaked | |
#26251 | smashed | |
#35236 | ludicrous | |
#36473 | comical | |
#38606 | idiotic | |
#40737 | askew | |
#40996 | pitiful | |
#42698 | laughable | |
#48752 | nonsensical | |
#50305 | plastered | |
#51009 | preposterous | |
#57224 | paltry | |
#62323 | lopsided | |
#76304 | contemptuous | |
#85552 | farcical | |
#87233 | wonky | |
#98357 | imbecile | |
#147412 | besotted | |
#149523 | cockeyed | |
#172858 | risible | |
#173612 | sloshed | |
#193776 | blotto | |
#199502 | mirthful | |
#231163 | pixilated | |
#251648 | derisory | |
#268320 | slopped | |
#285830 | imbecilic | |
#312870 | soused |
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