Definition of contemptuous

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

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Gibe :: Gibe (v. i.) To reproach with contemptuous words; to deride; to scoff at; to mock.
Dog :: Dog (n.) A fellow; -- used humorously or contemptuously; as, a sly dog; a lazy dog..
Mock :: Mock (n.) An act of ridicule or derision; a scornful or contemptuous act or speech; a sneer; a jibe; a jeer.
Spawn :: Spawn (v. t.) Any product or offspring; -- used contemptuously.
Puppy :: Puppy (n.) A name of contemptuous reproach for a conceited and impertinent person.
Contemptuous :: Contemptuous (a.) Manifesting or expressing contempt or disdain; scornful; haughty; insolent; disdainful.
Frump :: Frump (n.) A contemptuous speech or piece of conduct; a gibe or flout.
Contemptuously :: Contemptuously (adv.) In a contemptuous manner; with scorn or disdain; despitefully.
Derision :: Derision (n.) The act of deriding, or the state of being derided; mockery; scornful or contemptuous treatment which holds one up to ridicule..
Hoot :: Hoot (v. t.) To assail with contemptuous cries or shouts; to follow with derisive shouts.
Despite :: Despite (n.) An act of malice, hatred, or defiance; contemptuous defiance; a deed of contempt..
Fling :: Fling (n.) A severe or contemptuous remark; an expression of sarcastic scorn; a gibe; a sarcasm.
Outfling :: Outfling (n.) A gibe; a contemptuous remark.
Spurn :: Spurn (n.) Disdainful rejection; contemptuous tratment.
Contemptible :: Contemptible (a.) Insolent; scornful; contemptuous.
Tossy :: Tossy (a.) Tossing the head, as in scorn or pride; hence, proud; contemptuous; scornful; affectedly indifferent; as, a tossy commonplace..
Paddy :: Paddy (n.) A jocose or contemptuous name for an Irishman.
Contemptuousness :: Contemptuousness (n.) Disposition to or manifestion of contempt; insolence; haughtiness.
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..
Snag :: Snag (n.) A tooth projecting beyond the rest; contemptuously, a broken or decayed tooth..
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