| 单词 | contemptuously |
| 释义 | contemptuously (once / 1186 pages) adv If you think something or someone is worthless, and show it, you behave contemptuously: you're being disrespectful and mean. The word is all about showing your dislike and disrespect. We may dislike a great many things, but we are not treating them contemptuously until everyone else around us knows exactly how we feel. Acting contemptuously is putting on a little show, almost like a toddler's temper tantrum, though with more thought behind it. A student who treats his teacher contemptuously is going to be in trouble, and an employee who treats his boss contemptuously might get fired. Contemptuously is the opposite of respectfully. WORD FAMILYcontemptuous: contemptuously, contemptuousness+/contempt: contempts, contemptuous USAGE EXAMPLESWhen presenter Bill Grundy contemptuously encouraged them to swear they duly obliged, damaging his career while catapulting themselves to notoriety. BBC(Dec 02, 2016) It is written about hipsters, not for them, and from the viewpoint of someone contemptuously examining them as an alien lifeform. The Guardian(Nov 22, 2016) This was not a dominant American Mussolini asserting himself contemptuously on stage. The New Yorker(Oct 09, 2016) adv without respect; in a disdainful manner she spoke of him contemptuously Syn contumeliously, disdainfully, scornfully |
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