Modifies a noun

• laughter: The answer will be something like, " Any fool can make up a story like that " , emphasized with derisive laughter.

• comment: Racial remarks or derisive comments will not be permitted in the forum or via private message.

• laugh: Sally will instantly decry your attempts to make polite conversation with a derisive laugh.

• snort: He gives a derisive snort: ' I wouldn't believe what it says on one of those ' I can see him relax.

• term: The term Yankee is still used in The South as a derisive term for persons from any state north of the Mason-Dixon Line.

• description: The derisive description for such nations in international diplomacy might be " Banana republics " .

Modifying Another Word

• somewhat: Speaking in his own name, he is somewhat derisive about the critics of the first two volumes of his work.