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contemptuous::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | disdainful, insulting, scornful |
| Derivation | contempt, contemptuousness |
Examples of contemptuous
contemptuous
He was contemptuous of ordinary businessmen, including those who worked for him.
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Whereas the father was contemptuous of conservatives, the son has courted them.
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Taken at handsome face value, he is the noble conqueror of a contemptuous nation.
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He is alternately childish and brutal, contemptuous and suffocatingly possessive.
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Back in 2009 United were brushed aside with an ease that bordered on contemptuous.
From the telegraph.co.uk
That contemptuous attitude expressed itself more fully at the Jan. 13 meeting.
From the ocregister.com
You can be as contemptuous as you like of public opinion, and it won't matter.
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Commercial moviemaking seemed ashamed of art and contemptuous of human beings.
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Obama came across as aloof and uninterested, almost contemptuous of his rival.
From the independent.co.uk
- Expressing extreme contempt
- (contemptuousness) the manifestation of scorn and contempt; "every subordinate sensed his contemptuousness and hated him in return"
- Contempt, not classified among Paul Ekman's six basic emotions of anger, disgust, fear, happiness, sadness, and surprise, is a mixture of disgust and anger. The word originated in 1393, from the Latin word contemptus meaning "scorn". It is the past participle of contemnere and from com- intensive prefix + temnere "to slight, scorn". The origin is uncertain. Contemptuous appeared in 1529.
- Showing contempt; expressing disdain; showing a lack of respect
- (contemptuously) In a disrespectful or discourteous manner; condescendingly
- Showing the feeling that a person or a thing is beneath consideration, worthless, or deserving scorn. "What brings them all back to Afghanistan, dear brother?" Frank said, speaking to Wahid but fixing me with a contemptuous gaze" (236).
- Full of disdain or scorn
