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Expressing or characterized by derision; mocking; ridiculing. The critic's review of the film was derisive. Deserving or provoking derision or ridicule. The plot of the film was so derisive that the audience began to jeer.

False, not authentic, not genuine. His argument was spurious and had no validity. Extraneous; stray; not relevant or wanted.

Approaching death; about to die; dying; expiring. Almost obsolete, nearing an end.

Attractive. (of a part of the body) Well-formed, shapely. pert breasts Lively; alert and cheerful; bright.

To feel or display contempt or disdain for something or somebody; to despise. To reject, turn down. He scorned her romantic advances.

Of a person: cunning, crafty. [13th-19th c.] Cleverly made; artfully contrived. [14th-19th c.] (now dialectal) Strange or odd; unusual.