derisory

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

de·ri·sory BrE [dɪˈraɪsəri] NAmE [dɪˈraɪsəri] adjective (formal)
1. too small or of too little value to be considered seriously
Syn: ↑laughable
•They offered us a derisory £10 a week.
2. = ↑derisive

Word Origin:
[derisory] early 17th cent. (in the sense ‘derisive’): from late Latin derisorius, from deris- ‘scoffed at’, from the verb deridere ‘scoff at’.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  absurd, cockeyed, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous