Definition of Contemptuous

1. Adjective. Expressing extreme contempt.


Definition of Contemptuous

1. a. Manifesting or expressing contempt or disdain; scornful; haughty; insolent; disdainful.

Definition of Contemptuous

1. Adjective. showing contempt; expressing disdain; showing a lack of respect. ¹

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Definition of Contemptuous

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Contemptuous

contemporizations
contemporize
contemporized
contemporizes
contemporizing
contempt
contempt of Congress
contempt of Parliament
contempt of court
contemptibilities
contemptibility
contemptible
contemptibleness
contemptibly
contempts
contemptuous (current term)
contemptuously
contemptuousness
contend
contended
contender
contenders
contendeth
contending
contendingly
contendress
contendresses
contends
contenement
content

Literary usage of Contemptuous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Glossary; Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1867)
"... who has before been called cat, and several other contemptuous names. ... fusty itself is used in the same contemptuous way. See below. ..."

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