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disdainful
Feeling or expressing disdain; scornful and aloof
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  1. Feeling or expressing disdain; scornful and aloof
  2. Showing contempt or scorn; having a pronounced lack of concern for others viewed as unworthy.
  3. Expressive of disdain; scornful and contemptuous.
derisive
Showing derision; ridiculing
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  1. Showing derision; ridiculing
  2. Mocking; jeering.
  3. Provoking derision; ridiculous
disrespectful
Having or exhibiting a lack of respect; rude and discourteous.
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  1. Having or exhibiting a lack of respect; rude and discourteous.
disdainful
Showing contempt or scorn; having a pronounced lack of concern for others viewed as unworthy.
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  1. Showing contempt or scorn; having a pronounced lack of concern for others viewed as unworthy.
  2. Feeling or expressing disdain; scornful and aloof
  3. Expressive of disdain; scornful and contemptuous.
scornful
Showing scorn or disrespect; contemptuous.
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  1. Showing scorn or disrespect; contemptuous.
  2. Filled with or showing scorn or contempt
Find another word for contemptuous. In this page you can discover 8 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for contemptuous, like: disdainful, derisive, disrespectful, scornful, disdainful, scornful, on-one-s-high-horse and respect.

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  • She did not sit down but looked at him with a contemptuous smile, waiting for the valet to go.

  • One of the audience, with a contemptuous remark, took a handful of pebbles to pelt him with.

  • In contemptuous condemnation he was called the friend of the outcasts (Matt.

  • There seems no reason to accept Gibbon's contemptuous estimate of their social position.

  • Enraged by Bonaparte's contemptuous refusal to encourage the return of "Louis XVIII."

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