Derisible
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /dɪˈɹɪzɪb(ə)l/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Derisible is an adjective meaning Deserving derision (“treatment with disdain or contempt”).
Meaning
Deserving derision (“treatment with disdain or contempt”).
Example Sentences
I flung myself before him on my knees, and with floods of tears besought him to release me from this engagement, assuring him that my cowardice was abject, and that in every point of intellect and character I was his hopeless and derisible inferior.
Synonyms for derisible
Depending on context, synonyms include contemptible, deridable, derisive, abject, filthy, base.
Antonyms for derisible
Common opposites include respectable.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include discommendable, disparaging, disparageable, opprobriate, discredible, dispicable.
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