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contemptuous
Synonyms and Antonyms of contemptuous
1
feeling or showing open dislike for someone or something regarded as undeserving of respect or concern
bold-faced, brash, brassy, brazen, cheeky, cocky, discourteous, disrespectful, fresh, impertinent, impudent, insolent, sassy, saucy
arrogant, cavalier, highfalutin (also hifalutin), high-handed, high-hat, pretentious, uppish, uppity
haughty, lofty, lordly, prideful, sniffish, snobbish, supercilious
pompous, self-important, superior
catty, cruel, despiteful, hateful, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, mean, nasty, spiteful
2
intended to make a person or thing seem of little importance or value
aspersing, calumnious, defamatory, insulting, libelous (or libellous), maligning, slandering, slanderous, vilifying
abusive, opprobrious, scurrilous
catty, cruel, despiteful, hateful, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, mean, nasty, spiteful, unkind, virulent
critical, denunciative, denunciatory
acrimonious, bitter, envious, jaundiced, jealous, rancorous, resentful
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