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Synonyms for contemptuous
kənˈtɛmp tʃu əscon·temp·tu·ous
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Princeton's WordNet
contemptuous, disdainful, insulting, scornfuladjective
expressing extreme contempt
Synonyms:
haughty, disdainful, swaggering, overbearing, prideful, imperious, scornful, supercilious, lordly, insulting, sniffyAntonyms:
respectful
Dictionary of English Synonymes
contemptuousadjective
Synonyms:
insolent, scornful, disdainful, supercilious, haughty
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
contemptuousadjective
Synonyms:
disdainful, supercilious, scornful, insolent, flouting, cynical, contumelious, haughty
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "contemptuous":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#25644 | insulting | |
#42627 | derogatory | |
#53063 | haughty | |
#64264 | overbearing | |
#76304 | contemptuous | |
#88982 | imperious | |
#100005 | scornful | |
#101268 | disdainful | |
#121548 | swaggering | |
#128829 | lordly | |
#149426 | prideful | |
#166887 | supercilious | |
#238463 | sniffy | |
#251648 | derisory |
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Empowerment Minister Patrick Zhuwao:
Businesses have continued to disregard Zimbabwe's indigenisation laws as if daring our President and his government to do something about their contemptuous behaviour, it's either you comply or you close shop.
The President says The President doesn't want people talking about certain things, but they have already talked about those things to Mueller and to others. So that means if there was any executive privilege it's been waived, you can not waive the privilege and then reassert it, so there is no legal excuse whatsoever... The only question is how long they will draw it out in court before the subpoena is followed, and how contemptuous of Congress this administration will be.
As Orange County Superior Court observed, Bill Gross's conduct was' defiant and contemptuous,' and Amy Gross's testimony was' preposterous' and' lacking in credibility,' hopefully, the Court's ruling of a five-day jail sentence causes The Grosses to finally realize The Grosses billions do not mean they are above the law.
You are the nominee of President Donald John Trump. This is a President who has shown us consistently that President Donald John Trump is contemptuous of the rule of law, it's that President who has decided Dick Durbin are his man.
The contemptuous words about the President attributed to me in The Woodward book were never uttered by me or in my presence. While I generally enjoy reading fiction, this is a uniquely Washington brand of literature, and his anonymous sources do not lend credibility.
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