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contemptuousness

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Never shall I forget the look of cold, cruel, malign contemptuousness, with which the ruffian regarded me.

"If it's cheapness you want, you'd better go to Bleecker Street," said the woman with a certain contemptuousness.

No person has a right to treat another with contemptuousness unless he knows him to deserve it.

Envy would conceal herself under the shadow and shelter of contemptuousness, but she swells too huge for the den she creeps into.

Here the coupled syllables carried an added sting of contemptuousness.

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On this page you'll find 542 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to contemptuousness, such as: aloofness, chutzpah, disdain, ego, egotism, and hubris.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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