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Contemptuous

//kənˈtɛmp.t͡ʃu.əs//

Synonyms for "contemptuous" (137 found)

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Informal (21)

Adj, adv, name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, name, noun, verb, slang(6 words)

cutting bluff smart bold brash cavalier

Adj, intj, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, slang(2 words)

Adj, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, name, slang(1 words)

Adj, noun, slang(4 words)

brassy crusty bitchy snotty

Adj, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, name, noun, slang(2 words)

Noun, slang(2 words)

smart ass wise ass

General use (116)

Adj, verb(4 words)

brazen condescending defying minimizing

Adjective(63 words)

flagrant scandalous gratuitous arrogant nervy abusive hateful audacious flippant haughty scurrilous contumelious impudent censorious priggish disdainful injurious saucy disregardful vituperative

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Adj, noun, verb(11 words)

daring profane pert ridiculing disparaging belittling challenging slighting sneering insulting gally

Adj, noun(15 words)

exclusive derisive insolent impertinent invective intolerant regal derogatory defiant disreputable pejorative depreciative derogative declinatory execrative

Adj, name(2 words)

Adj, name, noun, verb(1 words)

Adjective(3 words)

disdainful insulting scornful

Noun, verb(6 words)

scoffing blackening vilifying despising reviling inveighing

smart alecky facy greatly daring regardless of consequences

Adj, name, noun(1 words)

Noun(2 words)

smart-ass wise-ass

Verb(2 words)

back-biting execrating

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