Some artists are contemptuous of criticism.
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Contemptuous
//kənˈtɛmp.t͡ʃu.əs//
Synonyms for "contemptuous" (139 found)
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3 entriesTranslations
30 translations across 17 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- надме́нен adj (showing contempt)
- презри́телен adj (showing contempt)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 侮辱的 adj (showing contempt)
- 輕蔑的 /轻蔑的 adj (showing contempt)
- 鄙夷的 adj (showing contempt)
Czech
1 entries- pohrdavý adj (showing contempt)
Dutch
1 entries- minachting adj (showing contempt)
Esperanto
1 entries- malestima adj (showing contempt)
Finnish
4 entries- epäkunnioittava adj (showing contempt)
- halveksiva adj (showing contempt)
- halveksuva adj (showing contempt)
- halventava adj (showing contempt)
French
3 entries- contempteur adj (showing contempt)
- dédaigneux adj (showing contempt)
- méprisant adj (showing contempt)
Georgian
2 entries- აგდებული adj (showing contempt)
- დამცინავი adj (showing contempt)
German
1 entries- respektlos adj (showing contempt)
Italian
2 entries- sdegnoso adj (showing contempt)
- sprezzante adj (showing contempt)
Japanese
1 entries- 軽蔑的な adj (showing contempt)
Macedonian
1 entries- пре́зирен adj (showing contempt)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- foraktelig adj (showing contempt)
Polish
1 entries- pogardliwy adj (showing contempt)
Romanian
1 entries- disprețuitor adj (showing contempt)
Russian
3 entries- надме́нный adj (showing contempt)
- презри́тельный adj (showing contempt)
- пренебрежи́тельный adj (showing contempt)
Ukrainian
2 entries- знева́жливий adj (showing contempt)
- прези́рливий adj (showing contempt)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
My father is contemptuous of drunkards.
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He is contemptuous of his boss's narrow mind.
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She is contemptuous of your ambition.
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