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contemptuous
[ kuhn-temp-choo-uhs ]
adjective
- showing or expressing contempt or disdain; scornful; disrespectful.
Synonyms: , , , ,
Antonyms:
contemptuous
/ əˈɛʊə /
adjective
- whenpredicative, often foll by of showing or feeling contempt; disdainful
Derived Forms
- DzˈٱٳܴdzܲԱ, noun
- Dzˈٱٳܴdzܲ, adverb
Other yvlog Forms
- Dz·ٱ·ٳ·dzܲ· adverb
- Dz·ٱ·ٳ·dzܲ·Ա noun
- -Dz·ٱ·ٳ·dzܲ adjective
- ԴDz·Dz·ٱ·ٳ·dzܲ adjective
- non·Dz·ٱ·ٳ·dzܲ·Ա noun
- ܲ·Dz·ٱ·ٳ·dzܲ adjective
- un·Dz·ٱ·ٳ·dzܲ·Ա noun
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of contemptuous1
Example Sentences
Giving millions of Americans — friends and foes alike — the impression that the president is megalomaniacally contemptuous of the law is not good for anybody.
Trump is contemptuous of such pieties, as a recent New York Times analysis put it:
By now, it’s hard to interpret as anything other than a justice’s contemptuous refusal to be held to any rules at all.
A “cuck,” according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, is “often used as an insulting and contemptuous term for a man who has politically progressive or moderate views.”
“It was a pretty negative performance — pretty pessimistic, cynical, contemptuous,” he said on Piers Morgan Uncensored, adding: “And I think that this will cost him, yes.”
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