contemptuous 音标拼音: [kənt'ɛmptʃuəs]
a . 轻蔑的,侮辱的,瞧不起人的
轻蔑的,侮辱的,瞧不起人的
contemptuous adj 1 :
expressing extreme contempt [
synonym : {
contemptuous },
{
disdainful }, {
insulting }, {
scornful }]
Contemptuous \
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a .
Manifesting or expressing contempt or disdain ;
scornful ;
haughty ;
insolent ;
disdainful .
[
1913 Webster ]
A proud ,
contemptuous behavior . --
Hammond .
[
1913 Webster ]
Savage invective and contemptuous sarcasm . --
Macaulay .
[
1913 Webster ]
Rome . . .
entertained the most contemptuous opinion of the Jews . --
Atterbury .
Syn :
Scornful ;
insolent ;
haughty ;
disdainful ;
supercilious ;
insulting ;
contumelious .
Usage : {
Contemptuous }, {
Contemptible }.
These words ,
from their similarity of sound ,
are sometimes erroneously interchanged ,
as when a person speaks of having "
a very contemptible opinion of another ."
Contemptible is applied to that which is the object of contempt ;
as ,
contemptible conduct ;
acontemptible fellow .
Contemptuous is applied to that which indicates contempt ;
as ,
a contemptuous look ;
a contemptuous remark ;
contemptuous treatment .
A person ,
or whatever is personal ,
as an action ,
an expression ,
a feeling ,
an opinion ,
may be either contemptuous or contemptible ;
a thing may be contemptible ,
but can not be contemptuous .
[
1913 Webster ]
113 Moby Thesaurus words for "
contemptuous ":
abjuratory ,
abusive ,
arrogant ,
audacious ,
back -
biting ,
belittling ,
biggety ,
bitchy ,
blackening ,
blameful ,
bluff ,
bold ,
brash ,
brassy ,
brazen ,
bumptious ,
calumniatory ,
calumnious ,
catty ,
cavalier ,
censorious ,
challenging ,
cheeky ,
chutzpadik ,
clannish ,
cliquish ,
cocky ,
condemnatory ,
contumelious ,
crusty ,
damnatory ,
daring ,
declinatory ,
defamatory ,
defiant ,
defying ,
denunciatory ,
deprecative ,
deprecatory ,
depreciative ,
depreciatory ,
derisive ,
derisory ,
derogative ,
derogatory ,
despising ,
detractory ,
disdainful ,
dismissive ,
disparaging ,
disregardful ,
disrespectful ,
exclusive ,
execrating ,
execrative ,
execratory ,
facy ,
flip ,
flippant ,
fresh ,
gally ,
gratuitous ,
greatly daring ,
haughty ,
impertinent ,
impudent ,
insolent ,
insulting ,
invective ,
inveighing ,
judgmental ,
libelous ,
malapert ,
minimizing ,
nervy ,
objurgatory ,
pejorative ,
pert ,
priggish ,
regardless of consequences ,
rejective ,
renunciative ,
reproachful ,
reprobative ,
reviling ,
ridiculing ,
rude ,
sassy ,
saucy ,
scandalous ,
scoffing ,
scornful ,
scurrile ,
scurrilous ,
slanderous ,
slighting ,
smart ,
smart -
alecky ,
smart -
ass ,
sneering ,
sniffy ,
snobbish ,
snobby ,
snooty ,
snotty ,
supercilious ,
toploftical ,
toplofty ,
uncalled -
for ,
vilifying ,
vituperative ,
wise -
ass ,
withering
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