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derisible

Syllables: de·ris·i·ble/dɪˈɹɪzɪb(ə)l/US/dəˈɹɪzəbəl/

derisible adjective: deserving derision (“treatment with disdain or contempt”).

Adjective

derisible (comparative more derisible, superlative most derisible)

  1. Deserving derision (“treatment with disdain or contempt”).
    • 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.1885, Robert Louis Stevenson, Fanny Van de Grift Stevenson, “Story of the Destroying Angel”, in More New Arabian Nights: The Dynamiter, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC, page 45

derisible meaning in Thai

derisible in Thai

deserving derision
ขัน kǎn

Synonyms of derisible

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Forms of derisible

comparativemore derisible
superlativemost derisible

Origin of derisible

From Latin *dērīsibilis (compare Italian derisibile, “deridable”), from dērīsus + -ibilis (whence English -ible), a variant of -bilis (adjective-forming suffix that denotes the capacity or worth of being acted upon). Dērīsus is the perfect passive participle of dērīdeō (“to laugh at, make fun of, mock, deride”), from dē- (intensifying prefix) + rīdeō (“to laugh; to laugh at, mock, ridicule”), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (originally “to rotate or turn”, then specifically “to turn the lips [for a smile]”), root also of English worth, weird and -ward(s).

Questions about derisible

What does derisible mean?
Derisible means deserving derision (“treatment with disdain or contempt”).
What is derisible in Thai?
Derisible in Thai is ขัน (kǎn). See Derisible meaning in Thai.
What part of speech is derisible?
Derisible is an adjective.
How do you pronounce derisible?
Derisible is pronounced /dɪˈɹɪzɪb(ə)l/ (UK).

Words near derisible in the dictionary

  1. deringing
  2. Derings
  3. Deriq
  4. Derique
  5. derisable
  6. derisible
  7. derisibly
  8. derision
  9. derisionary
  10. derisions
  11. derisive

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