Definition of Contemptuous

Contemptuous

Manifesting or expressing contempt or disdain; scornful; haughty; insolent; disdainful.

Related Definitions:

Contempt, Disdain, Disdainful, Expressing, Haughty, Insolent, Manifesting, Or, Scornful

Contemptuous Quotations

Many men are contemptuous of riches; few can give them away.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

People are what you make them. A scornful look turns into a complete fool a man of average intelligence. A contemptuous indifference turns into an enemy a woman who, well treated, might have been an angel.
Andre Maurois

Until we have a better relationship between private performance and the public truth, as was demonstrated with Watergate, we as the public are absolutely right to remain suspicious, contemptuous even, of the secrecy and the misinformation which is the digest of our news.
John Le Carre

The pollution they produce, market, sell, and show to billions around the world is at its core contemptuous of the country that gave them better lives than nearly 100 percent of everybody who's ever lived. And they pass that contempt along for everyone to see.
John Ratzenberger

The whole tone of Church teaching in regard to women is, to the last degree, contemptuous and degrading.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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Contemptuous Translations

contemptuous in Latin is despiciens
contemptuous in Spanish is despectivo

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