contemptuousness

noun

as in contempt
open dislike for someone or something considered unworthy of one's concern or respect a glance filled with unrestrained contemptuousness for the rest of us

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  1. contempt
  2. disdain
  3. hatred
Noun
  • Griffin was arrested for the killing on Monday, charged with murder, weapon possession, and criminal contempt for violating an order of protection, police said.
    — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • America’s relative openness to immigrants looked like decadence; cosmopolitanism and internationalism were objects of contempt.
    — Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of contempt
Noun
  • But her comments and obvious disdain for me are not good for my self-esteem.
    — Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2026
  • In the interview last week, Knight continued to make no effort to hide his disdain for Davis.
    — Sasha Pezenik, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of disdain
Noun
  • Christian leaders, along with the mayor of Dearborn and the chief of police, came together Monday afternoon to send out a message of unity against hatred.
    — Heath Kalb, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Ungodlike thoughts and their outcomes are not negated just by trying not to think about evil, mistakes, disease, hatred, lack, sorrow, etc.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of hatred
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“Contemptuousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contemptuousness. Accessed 18 Aug. 2026.

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