contemptuous
adjective
showing or expressing contempt or disdain; scornful; disrespectful.
contemptuousness
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a word derived from
contemptuous.
Example Sentences
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She glanced at him once with what looked like a hint of contemptuousness and ended without detouring.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
This is arrogant moviemaking: its assumption is that the proles will buy their tickets and march unprotestingly through the fun house no matter how evident is the contemptuousness of the barkers.
From Time Magazine Archive
His brother was moved to no little mirth, but did not indulge in such savage contemptuousness as distinguished the narrator.
From Denzil Quarrier by Gissing, George
Tannhäuser springs to his feet, the old contemptuousness toward these companions,—compends of density, conventionality, and hypocrisy!—curving his lip.
From The Wagnerian Romances by Brownell, Gertrude Hall
Here the coupled syllables carried an added sting of contemptuousness.
From From Place to Place by Cobb, Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury)
