Derisive is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.
You can make 178 anagrams from letters in derisive (deeiirsv).
First recorded in 1655-65; deris(ion) + -ive
But there is no spur so galling as the derisive smile of a comely young woman.
The point was treated with contempt and some derisive laughter.
Remember all the derisive comments about previous encounters?
In retrospect, Horyn thinks she made a mistake—though she says she didn't mean to be derisive about the actress' weight.
As he did so, from the path above him came a derisive laugh which set his blood boiling.
A French satirical magazine runs some derisive cartoons of Muhammad.
That being said, people in the deaf community felt free to make pointed and derisive comments about my CI.
The message is derisive—rhabdomyolysis and whatever else might happen to certain people is really for wimps and buffoons only.
They regarded him and his wife with derisive pity, tinged with anger.
There were those in the valley who viewed the Sabbath calm with a derisive smile.