Synonyms of contemptuous

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adjective

1

as in disdainful

feeling or showing open dislike for someone or something regarded as undeserving of respect or concern

loutish tourists who are contemptuous of the ways and traditions of their host countries

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disdainful
• scornful
• arrogant
• abhorrent
• malicious
• cruel
• fresh
• cavalier
• hateful
• disrespectful
• impudent
• insolent
• discourteous
• brazen
• nasty
• supercilious
• cocky
• cheeky
• pretentious
• haughty
• impertinent
• snobbish
• saucy
• sassy
• brassy
• uppity
• superior
• spiteful
• brash
• pompous
• prideful
• high-handed
• malevolent
• malignant
• bold-faced
• lofty
• highfalutin
• high-hat
• uppish
• lordly
• hifalutin
• malign
• mean
• self-important
• catty
• despiteful
• sniffish

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• appreciative
• respectful
• deferential
• accepting
• admiring
• tolerant
• approving
• polite
• courteous
• applauding
• regardful

2

as in slighting

intended to make a person or thing seem of little importance or value

contemptuous comments about the baseball team's pathetic showings

Synonyms & Similar Words

• slighting
• insulting
• disdainful
• scornful
• malicious
• disparaging
• abusive
• derogatory
• demeaning
• pejorative
• deprecatory
• uncomplimentary
• critical
• degrading
• depreciatory
• hateful
• derisory
• venomous
• depreciative
• detractive
• derogative
• denigratory
• libelous
• belittling
• libellous
• nasty
• cruel
• denigrative
• spiteful
• slanderous
• scurrilous
• decrying
• unkind
• defamatory
• calumnious
• malevolent
• opprobrious
• virulent
• malignant
• despiteful
• jealous
• envious
• resentful
• malign
• bitter
• caustic
• catty
• mean
• denunciatory
• acrimonious
• slandering
• scathing
• jaundiced
• vilifying
• rancorous
• maligning
• acrid
• aspersing
• denunciative

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• laudatory
• commendatory
• complimentary
• friendly
• positive
• respectful
• appreciative
• adulatory
• admiring
• approving
• sympathetic
• laudative
• kind
• warm
• kindly
• applauding
• kindhearted
• warmhearted
• unmalicious

contemptuousness

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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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• contempt
• disdain
• hatred
• disgust
• distaste
• malice
• hate
• scorn
• hatefulness
• hostility
• misprision
• jealousy
• despisement
• resentment
• despite
• despitefulness
• malevolence
• spite
• meanness
• revulsion
• loathing
• abhorrence
• lovelessness
• maliciousness
• malignity
• animosity
• repugnance
• spitefulness
• malignancy
• antagonism
• bitterness
• grudge
• enmity
• condemnation
• vindictiveness
• repulsion
• detestation
• abomination
• invidiousness
• antipathy
• odium
• virulence
• disparagement
• ridicule
• bile
• vituperation
• depreciation
• invective
• execration
• abuse
• vitriol
• venom
• detraction
• pique
• jaundice
• rancor
• spleen
• horror
• gall
• derision
• denunciation
• aspersion
• censure
• aversion
• belittlement
• diminishment
• mockery
• cattiness
• deprecation

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• respect
• admiration
• regard
• esteem
• favor
• estimation
• acceptance
• tolerance
• deference
• reverence
• worship
• adoration
• idolatry
• adulation
• glorification
• love
• affection
• fondness
• veneration
• deification
• liking
• idolization
• fancy
• lionization