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con·temp·tu·ous
 contemptuous
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adjective |
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feeling or expressing contempt; scornful.
He lacked education himself and was contemptuous of his wife's decision to go back to school.- synonyms:
- contumelious, disdainful, scornful
- similar words:
- cynical, derisive, dirty, haughty, insolent, supercilious
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acrid, arrogant, cavalier, defiant, offensive, quizzical, sardonic, superior |
| derivations: |
contemptuously (adv.), contemptuousness (n.) |
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