derisory

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Emitting a long streamer of smoke, he summed up the whole thing in a nutshell with a derisory--Pouf Kirtley was inwardly fired up with resentment.

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  1. adjective Expressing derision; derisive.
  2. adjective Laughable; ridiculous: a contribution so small as to be derisory.

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  • I soiled you with traces of my blood, like a derisory, ridiculous offering. —  FSFMagazine,June2007
  • However a £6million offer from Spurs has been called "derisory" by middlesbrough as Downing only signed a new 5 year deal 11 months ago, and their owner Steve Gibson has said that he's not for sale. sign in to contribute to this page. —  BBC Blog Network
  • Spurs have seen one "derisory" bid rejected by the Teessiders and chief executive Keith Lamb has revealed a second offer has also been rejected. —  4thegame.com: Latest Barclays Premier League News
  • Last night, other parents who lost loved ones in the crash dismissed their compensation payments as "derisory".
  • Unite reiterated its rejection of the 'derisory' three-year pay deal imposed on NHS staff as a result of last year's government public sector pay strategy. —  Medlogs - Recent stories
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  1. = French dérisoire = Provencal derisori = Italian derisorio, from Late Latin derisorius, serving for laughter, from Latin deridere, past participle derisus, deride: see deride.
 

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