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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Derisory \De*ri"so*ry\, a. [L. derisorius: cf. F. d['e]risoire.]
     Derisive; mocking. --Shaftesbury.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Derisory \De*ri"so*ry\, a. [L. derisorius: cf. F. d['e]risoire.]
     Derisive; mocking. --Shaftesbury.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  derisory
       adj : completely devoid of wisdom or good sense; "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" [syn: absurd, cockeyed, idiotic, laughable,
              ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  derisory
     a.
     1 Laughably small or inadequate.
     2 derisive; laughable; ridiculous

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  derisory
     a.
     1 Laughably small or inadequate.
     2 derisive; laughable; ridiculous

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  derisory
     a.
     1 Laughably small or inadequate.
     2 derisive; laughable; ridiculous

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  derisory
     a.
     1 Laughably small or inadequate.
     2 derisive; laughable; ridiculous

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  derisory /dɪɹˈaɪzəɹi/ 
  směšný

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  derisory /dɪɹˈaɪzəɹi/
  höhnisch, spöttisch 
     Synonym: derisive
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  derisory /dɪɹˈaɪzəɹi/ 
  lächerlich 

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  derisory /dɪɹˈaɪzəɹi/
  1. gúnyos
  2. gúnyolódó

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  derisory /dɪˈraɪsərɪ/ 
    śmiesznie mały

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 嘲笑的;值得嘲弄的

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