Explore Derisory through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like absurd or cockeyed. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Derisory in a sentence
Derisory meaning
- Laughable, ridiculous, especially due to being small, inadequate, or low-quality; provoking derision.
- Expressing derision; mocking; ridiculing.
Synonyms of Derisory
Using Derisory
- The main meaning on this page is: Laughable, ridiculous, especially due to being small, inadequate, or low-quality; provoking derision. | Expressing derision; mocking; ridiculing.
- Useful related words include: absurd, cockeyed, idiotic, laughable.
- In the example corpus, derisory often appears in combinations such as: derisory and, his derisory.
Context around Derisory
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 7 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Derisory
- In this selection, "derisory" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, encounter, ditch, offer, examples, offer and six stand out and add context to how "derisory" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include benefits are derisory at best and called this derisory and said. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "derisory" sits close to words such as aaon, abbv and abdalla, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with derisory
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He was merely ripping her off, they said, with his derisory offer. (12 words)
Worst of all, the benefits are derisory at best and may not even exist. (14 words)
In 1946 Newman declined the offer of an OBE as he considered the offer derisory. (15 words)
But then again, if you only offer him a year and he feels it's derisory, he's going to leave to go elsewhere, and City are then going to have to go into the transfer market to buy a new player anyway, costing them more money. (47 words)
The Government has told consultants they will receive a 6% pay rise but the BMA has called this “derisory” and said doctors have seen real-term take-home pay fall by more than a third over the last 14 years. (40 words)
And that will be an iniquitous result because it should be flashed across the sky that this is only the start and will take much longer than his derisory six months to achieve a successful free trade deal. (38 words)
Example sentences (12)
It is not uncommon for those who engage with data that challenges baseless statements about the Protocol, economic growth, and other policy areas beyond orange/green politics to encounter derisory or personal attacks.
Secondly, those caught need to be handed down sentences commensurate with their crimes, instead of the derisory examples with which we’ve become all too familiar.
The Government has told consultants they will receive a 6% pay rise but the BMA has called this “derisory” and said doctors have seen real-term take-home pay fall by more than a third over the last 14 years.
Unite said that the "vast majority" of its members in the affected universities have had a 5-6% pay offer imposed on them, following a 3% uplift for 2022 which was described as "derisory".
Worst of all, the benefits are derisory at best and may not even exist.
But then again, if you only offer him a year and he feels it's derisory, he's going to leave to go elsewhere, and City are then going to have to go into the transfer market to buy a new player anyway, costing them more money.
He was merely ripping her off, they said, with his derisory offer.
And while £500m each year on cancer research, a derisory £5.49m end-of-life care research.
And that will be an iniquitous result because it should be flashed across the sky that this is only the start and will take much longer than his derisory six months to achieve a successful free trade deal.
West Brom snubbed Arsenal's last-ditch "derisory" attempt to sign the Northern Ireland international, who is staying at the Hawthorns despite another month of uncertainty.
In 1946 Newman declined the offer of an OBE as he considered the offer derisory.
The majority got off and such sentences as were inflicted were derisory and were soon remitted.
Common combinations with derisory
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: