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单词 contemptuous
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contemptuous

It is hard to imagine a more contemptuous attitude towards patient demand.He looks disdainful and contemptuous and furious with his guests because he by and large is.What arouses his fanaticism and prompts his excesses is the contemptuous indifference with which his advances are met.Few then or now would be as openly contemptuous of the life of the mind as Grant.Ministers seem almost contemptuous of public alarm at the changing face of Britain.As an athlete, she is almost contemptuous of fear.They were blown away with contemptuous ease in the first few minutes in the south of France yesterday.She was almost contemptuous, certainly disrespectful to him who'd grown accustomed to respect.I've had passing acquaintance recently with the greed and contemptuous indifference of some London landlords.

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contemptuous

British English: contemptuous ADJECTIVE
If you are contemptuous of someone or something, you do not like or respect them at all.
He was contemptuous of private farmers.
  • American English: contemptuous
  • Brazilian Portuguese: desdenhoso
  • Chinese: 心怀蔑视的
  • European Spanish: despectivo
  • French: dédaigneux
  • German: verächtlich
  • Italian: sdegnoso
  • Japanese: 軽蔑した
  • Korean: 경멸하는
  • European Portuguese: desdenhoso
  • Latin American Spanish: despectivo

(adjective) 
Definition
showing or feeling strong dislike or disrespect
She gave a contemptuous little laugh and walked away.
Synonyms
scornful
a scornful smile
insulting
One of the workers made an insulting remark to a supervisor.
arrogant
an air of arrogant indifference
withering
sneering
cavalier
He has always had a cavalier attitude towards other people's feelings.
condescending
I'm fed up with your condescending attitude.
haughty
She spoke in a haughty tone.
disdainful
He gave us a disdainful glance and moved on.
insolent
They can be insolent and difficult to get along with.
derisive
supercilious
His manner is supercilious and arrogant.
high and mighty
I think you're a bit too high and mighty yourself.
on your high horse (informal)
contumelious
Opposites
civil
,
mannerly
,
humble
,
polite
,
gracious
,
respectful
,
courteous
,
deferential
,
obsequious

Additional synonyms

in the sense of arrogant
Definition
having an exaggerated opinion of one's own importance or ability
an air of arrogant indifference
Synonyms
conceited,
lordly,
assuming,
proud,
swaggering,
pompous,
pretentious,
stuck up (informal),
cocky,
contemptuous,
blustering,
imperious,
overbearing,
haughty,
scornful,
puffed up,
egotistical,
disdainful,
self-important,
presumptuous,
high-handed,
insolent,
supercilious,
high and mighty (informal),
overweening,
immodest,
swollen-headed,
bigheaded (informal),
uppish (British, informal),
too big for your boots or breeches
in the sense of cavalier
Definition
showing haughty disregard
He has always had a cavalier attitude towards other people's feelings.
Synonyms
offhand,
lordly,
arrogant,
lofty,
curt,
condescending,
haughty,
scornful,
disdainful,
insolent,
supercilious
in the sense of condescending
I'm fed up with your condescending attitude.
Synonyms
patronizing,
lordly,
superior,
lofty,
snooty (informal),
snobbish,
disdainful,
supercilious,
toffee-nosed (slang, British),
on your high horse (informal)

Nearby words of
contemptuous

  • contemporary
  • contempt
  • contemptible
  • contemptuous
  • contend
  • contend with something
  • contender

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