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ContemptuousContemptuous Con*temp"tu*ous (?; 135), a.
Manifesting or expressing contempt or disdain; scornful;
haughty; insolent; disdainful.
A proud, contemptuous behavior. --Hammond.
Savage invective and contemptuous sarcasm. --Macaulay.
Rome . . . entertained the most contemptuous opinion of
the Jews. --Atterbury.
Syn: Scornful; insolent; haughty; disdainful; supercilious;
insulting; contumelious.
Usage: Contemptuous, Contemptible. These words, from
their similarity of sound, are sometimes erroneously
interchanged, as when a person speaks of having ``a
very contemptible opinion of another.' Contemptible
is applied to that which is the object of contempt;
as, contemptible conduct; acontemptible fellow.
Contemptuous is applied to that which indicates
contempt; as, a contemptuous look; a contemptuous
remark; contemptuous treatment. A person, or whatever
is personal, as an action, an expression, a feeling,
an opinion, may be either contemptuous or
contemptible; a thing may be contemptible, but can not
be contemptuous. Contemptuously
Contemptuously Con*temp"tu*ous*ly, adv.
In a contemptuous manner; with scorn or disdain;
despitefully.
The apostles and most eminent Christians were poor, and
used contemptuously. --Jer. Taylor.
Contemptuousness
Contemptuousness Con*temp"tu*ous*ness, n.
Disposition to or manifestion of contempt; insolence;
haughtiness.
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