Definition of contemptuous

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Contemptuous (a.) Manifesting or expressing contempt or disdain; scornful; haughty; insolent; disdainful.

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Despite :: Despite (n.) An act of malice, hatred, or defiance; contemptuous defiance; a deed of contempt..
Paddy :: Paddy (n.) A jocose or contemptuous name for an Irishman.
Sneer :: Sneer (v. t.) To utter with a grimace or contemptuous expression; to utter with a sneer; to say sneeringly; as, to sneer fulsome lies at a person..
Sir :: Sir (n.) An English rendering of the LAtin Dominus, the academical title of a bachelor of arts; -- formerly colloquially, and sometimes contemptuously, applied to the clergy..
Despiteous :: Despiteous (a.) Feeling or showing despite; malicious; angry to excess; cruel; contemptuous.
Fig :: Fig (n.) To insult with a fico, or contemptuous motion. See Fico..
Costard :: Costard (n.) The head; -- used contemptuously.
Despiteful :: Despiteful (a.) Full of despite; expressing malice or contemptuous hate; malicious.
Spawn :: Spawn (v. t.) Any product or offspring; -- used contemptuously.
Indignity :: Indignity (n.) Any action toward another which manifests contempt for him; an offense against personal dignity; unmerited contemptuous treatment; contumely; incivility or injury, accompanied with insult..
Doughface :: Doughface (n.) A contemptuous nickname for a timid, yielding politician, or one who is easily molded..
Lamentable :: Lamentable (a.) Miserable; pitiful; paltry; -- in a contemptuous or ridiculous sense.
Cit :: Cit (n.) A citizen; an inhabitant of a city; a pert townsman; -- used contemptuously.
Scornful :: Scornful (a.) Full of scorn or contempt; contemptuous; disdainful.
Spurn :: Spurn (v. i.) To manifest disdain in rejecting anything; to make contemptuous opposition or resistance.
Dog :: Dog (n.) A fellow; -- used humorously or contemptuously; as, a sly dog; a lazy dog..
Puppy :: Puppy (n.) A name of contemptuous reproach for a conceited and impertinent person.
Medley :: Medley (n.) A mixture; a mingled and confused mass of ingredients, usually inharmonious; a jumble; a hodgepodge; -- often used contemptuously..
Forsooth :: Forsooth (adv.) In truth; in fact; certainly; very well; -- formerly used as an expression of deference or respect, especially to woman; now used ironically or contemptuously..
Cockney :: Cockney (n.) A native or resident of the city of London; -- used contemptuously.
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