Contemptuous

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Manifesting or expressing contempt or disdain; scornful; haughty; insolent; disdainful. A proud, contemptuous behavior. - Hammond. Savage invective and contemptuous sarcasm. - Macaulay. Rome . . . entertained the most contemptuous opinion of the Jews. - Atterbury.

Adj.

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contemptuous - expressing extreme contempt Synonyms: disdainful, scornful, insulting

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