Contemptuous: alternatives and connections

Wanting in respect; manifesting disesteem or lack of respect; uncivil; as, disrespectful behavior.

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Wanting in respect; manifesting disesteem or lack of respect; uncivil; as, disrespectful behavior.

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The act of contemning or despising; the feeling with which one regards that which is esteemed mean, vile, or worthless; disdain; scorn.

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The act of contemning or despising; the feeling with which one regards that which is esteemed mean, vile, or worthless; disdain; scorn.

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Disposition to or manifestion of contempt; insolence; haughtiness.

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Disposition to or manifestion of contempt; insolence; haughtiness.

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Full of disdain; expressing disdain; scornful; contemptuous; haughty.

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of Insult

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Full of scorn or contempt; contemptuous; disdainful.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.