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Significados de derisive em inglês

Abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule.

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Examples for "mocking"
1
Ain't nobody better. Those words were said in an almost mocking tone.
No mercy
2
More often than not the police car moves on, to mocking laughter.
The Guardian
3
Again the mocking growl which had so disturbed me in the corridor.
Atlantida
4
The tone was more mocking than fierce; but Felicia shrank under it.
The Mating of Lydia
5
She accused my book of mocking everything from domestic abuse to PTSD.
The Guardian
1
We both know you don't feel that way, so stop taunting me.
Frontier courtship
2
The laugh was turned on him; there was ceaseless ridicule and taunting.
Trumps
3
For the moment he felt powerless in face of her cold taunting.
Daughter of the Sun / A Tale of Adventure
4
Its voice was smooth, assured, and only just short of openly taunting.
Sharper than a serpent's tooth
5
Labarde was clearly provoking him; taunting a man just wasn't his style.
Amagansett
1
A laugh frigidly jeering; a look lazily mutinous; gentlemanlike irony, patrician resentment.
The Professor
2
The jeering voice from the rear of the room belonged to Toomey.
The Fighting Shepherdess
3
Following the ignominious defeat the booing and jeering went up several decibels.
The Guardian
4
Another time I asked for hints and ended up jeering at myself.
The Name of the Wind
5
It benumbed him for a second; then he laughed with jeering bitterness.
The Thrall of Leif the Lucky: A Story of Viking Days
1
Those behind the fence frequently shouted and yelped in taunts and gibelike cries, but the regiment maintained a stressed silence.
The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War
Uso de derisive em inglês
1
He heard derisive, scornful laughter that sounded vaguely flat and far away.
Time After Time
2
Bryant's derisive snort was enough to suggest that he did not agree.
The water room
3
But he does it rapidly and without any bitter or derisive idea.
Les Misérables
4
At least she didn't use a derisive tone when she quoted him.
Tarnished Knight
5
A slight derisive smile passed over the harsh features of the plague-nurse.
Old Saint Paul's: A Tale of the Plague and the Fire
6
But in his eyes a grim little smile of derisive amusement rested.
The Yukon Trail: A Tale of the North
7
But it was interrupted by rude and derisive laughter-andthe Tumble-Bugappeared.
Sketches New and Old
8
Ambrose had no difficulty in recognizing it as a derisive, flirtatious challenge.
The Fur Bringers: A Story of the Canadian Northwest
9
The doubter burst into an explosion of derisive laughter and walked away.
Russell H. Conwell, Founder of the Institutional Church in Ameri...
10
These recognitions were generally the occasion of many derisive and abusive epithets.
Camp-Fire and Cotton-Field: Southern Adventure in Time of War. /...
11
But a clear, derisive laugh from the opposite throne interrupted the answer.
The Blind Spot
12
From the mob of onlookers a chorus of derisive cheers went up.
The Trail of '98: A Northland Romance
13
We clambered aboard and shot our derisive exhaust at the diminishing town.
The Killer
14
From the other side of the room, Hunter gave a derisive snort.
Moonburn
15
Never before had Pierre so acutely realised the derisive futility of Charity.
The Three Cities Trilogy: Rome, Volume 5
16
He was received by the young ladies with cries of derisive welcome.
"I Say No"
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