contemptuous English

Meaning contemptuous meaning

What does contemptuous mean?

contemptuous

— adjective expressing extreme contempt

Synonyms contemptuous synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as contemptuous?

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scornful

disdainful

supercilious

insulting

insolent

slighting

snooty

sniffy

haughty

audacious

arrogant

overweening

irreverent

disrespectful

disparaging

despise

condescending

cocky

vile

vainglorious

uppity

uncomplimentary

trample

stuck-up

snide

scorn

puffed up

pretentious

presumptuous

pompous

overbearing

ostentatious

orgulous

opprobrious

look down upon

insultive

impious

humiliating

high-handed

full of oneself

egotistical

dyslogistic

despiteous

despising

despicable

derogative

derisive

deprecating

denigrating

cynical

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Social behavior Behavior Admire someone

Despise someone

• What words refer to despising someone?
  despise disdain disregard rebuff reject repudiate scoff scorn shun slight sneer at snub spurn be contemptuous of hold in contempt feel contempt for feel superior think someone is worthless think poorly of feel superior to look down on spit on be cliquish turn up your nose at
• What words describe someone who despises someone?
  contemptuous disdainful disrespectful haughty scornful snobbish superior

Social behavior Behavior Admire someone

Proud

• What words describe someone who is proud?
  proud aloof arrogant bigheaded boastful brash conceited contemptuous egocentric egotistic egotistical hoity-toity imperious inflated lofty ostentatious pretentious prideful proud hearted puffed up self-aggrandizing self-confident uppity vain