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
This last was uttered with the contemptuousness one always feels toward a mighty government that allows itself to be outdone by corporations or individuals.
From A Republic Without a President and Other Stories by Herbert D. (Herbert Dickinson) Ward
This marriage with this young Englishman, whom the Frenchman regarded with a tolerant, half-amused contemptuousness for his simplicity and bluntness, would have to be carried through.
From The Eagle of the Empire A Story of Waterloo by Cyrus Townsend Brady
There was but one way in which Diane could have put herself right with him: she could have swept the charge aside, with a serene contemptuousness of denial.
From The Inner Shrine by Basil King
