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 Definitions of contemptuous  [ənˈtɛmp tʃu əs]  

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Definition of 'contemptuous' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) contemptuous
showing or expressing contempt; scornful.

Etymology:  (1520–30; < L contemptuscontempt+ -ous)

Definition of 'contemptuous' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) contemptuous, disdainful, insulting, scornful
expressing extreme contempt
Definition of 'contemptuous' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (adjective) contemptuous
full of contempt
contemptuous looks
Definition of 'contemptuous' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) contemptuous
manifesting or expressing contempt or disdain; scornful; haughty; insolent; disdainful
Translation of 'contemptuous' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: showing contempt
a contemptuous sneer.
Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: minagtend, smalend, honen Arabic flag Arabic: مُزدَرِ، مُسْتَخِف، مُسْت Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: презрителен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: desdenhoso Czech flag Czech: pohrdající, pohrdavý German flag German: verächtlich
Danish flag Danish: foragtende; hånende Greek flag Greek: περιφρονητικός Spanish flag Spanish: despreciativo, despectivo
Estonian flag Estonian: põlglik Farsi flag Farsi: تحقیر آمیز Finnish flag Finnish: halveksiva
French flag French: dédaigneux Hebrew flag Hebrew: מְגָלֵה בּוּז Hindi flag Hindi: तिरस्कारपूर्ण
Croatian flag Croatian: preziran, prezriv Hungarian flag Hungarian: megvető Indonesian flag Indonesian: sikap merendahkan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: fyrirlitningar- Italian flag Italian: sdegnoso Japanese flag Japanese: 人をばかにした
Korean flag Korean: 경멸적인 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: paniekinamas Latvian flag Latvian: nicinošs
Malay flag Malay: kebencian Dutch flag Dutch: verachtend Norwegian flag Norwegian: hånlig, med forakt/ringea
Polish flag Polish: pogardliwy Persian flag Persian: تحقیر آمیز Pashto flag Pashto: تحقیر آمیز
Portuguese flag Portuguese: desdenhoso Romanian flag Romanian: dispreţuitor Russian flag Russian: презрительный
Slovak flag Slovak: pohŕdavý Slovenian flag Slovenian: prezirljiv Serbian flag Serbian: prezriv
Swedish flag Swedish: föraktfull Thai flag Thai: ซึ่งดูหมิ่นหรือเหยียดหยาม Turkish flag Turkish: kibirli, kendini beğenmiş
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 輕蔑的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: презирливий, зневажливий Urdu flag Urdu: حقارت آميز، ذلت آميز
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: biểu lộ sự khinh bỉ Chinese flag Chinese: 轻蔑的

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