Thesaurus / contemptuous
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He called upon the Order to show their title-deeds, but was met with a contemptuous refusal.
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDSJOHN FOREMANJunot and Ney were openly contemptuous, Regnier hung back, and was three weeks late in his arrangements.
NAPOLEON'S MARSHALSR. P. DUNN-PATTISONBut his lips were hard pressed and his eyes became suddenly contemptuous, then smiling.
ANCESTORSGERTRUDE ATHERTONThey did so, and Crane looked up at the fat hardware man with eyes that were not quite so contemptuous.
SCATTERGOOD BAINESCLARENCE BUDINGTON KELLANDAt this period Tchaikovskys attitude to his father and his aunts was slightly egotistical and contemptuous.
THE LIFE & LETTERS OF PETER ILICH TCHAIKOVSKYMODESTE TCHAIKOVSKYMadame Roland instantly penetrated his character, and he was repulsed from her presence by the most contemptuous neglect.
MADAME ROLAND, MAKERS OF HISTORYJOHN S. C. ABBOTTThis, with contemptuous indignation, we fling back into their face, as a scorpion to a vulture.
THE CONDITION, ELEVATION, EMIGRATION, AND DESTINY OF THE COLORED PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATESMARTIN R. DELANYHis smile was cynical, and suggested a kind of contemptuous pity for the person to whom he spoke.
THE EVERLASTING ARMSJOSEPH HOCKINGThe flower-dealer eyed his customers with contemptuous speculation, seeing what had claimed their eyes.
HILDASARAH JEANETTE DUNCANHe pulled off an india-rubber band from the latest packet, and was soon deep in them, at first half ashamed, half contemptuous.
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WORDS RELATED TO CONTEMPTUOUS
- accustomed
- benumbed
- callous
- case-hardened
- coldhearted
- contemptuous
- cruel
- disdainful
- habituated
- hard-as-nails
- hard-bitten
- hard-boiled
- hardhearted
- heartless
- impenetrable
- impious
- inaccessible
- indurated
- inured
- irreverent
- obdurate
- obtuse
- prepared
- resistant
- seasoned
- steeled
- toughened
- unashamed
- unbending
- uncaring
- uncompassionate
- unemotional
- unrepenting
- unsubmissive
- abusive
- arrogant
- barefaced
- brassy
- brazen
- breezy
- contemptuous
- contumelious
- dictatorial
- discourteous
- disdainful
- flip
- fresh
- imperative
- impertinent
- impolite
- impudent
- insubordinate
- insulting
- magisterial
- nervy
- off-base
- offensive
- out-of-line
- overbearing
- peremptory
- pert
- procacious
- put down
- rude
- sassy
- saucy
- smart
- smart-alecky
- uncivil
- ungracious
- antipathetic
- averse
- biased
- bigoted
- chauvinistic
- communist
- conservative
- contemptuous
- dictatorial
- disdainful
- dogmatic
- fanatical
- fractious
- hateful
- illiberal
- indignant
- individualistic
- inflexible
- irate
- irritable
- jaundiced
- narrow
- narrow-minded
- obdurate
- one-sided
- outraged
- racialist
- racist
- short-fuse
- small-minded
- snappy
- stuffy
- tilted
- uncharitable
- unfair
- unforbearing
- unindulgent
- unsympathetic
- unwilling
- upset
- waspish
- worked-up
- xenophobic
- acrid
- alert
- arrogant
- backbiting
- biting
- bitter
- burlesque
- caustic
- chaffing
- clever
- contemptuous
- contradictory
- critical
- cutting
- cynical
- defiant
- derisive
- disparaging
- double-edged
- exaggerated
- implausible
- incisive
- incongruous
- ironical
- keen
- mocking
- mordant
- paradoxical
- pungent
- quick-witted
- ridiculous
- sardonic
- satiric
- satirical
- scathing
- scoffing
- sharp
- sneering
- spicy
- trenchant
- twisted
- uncomplimentary
- unexpected
- witty
- wry
- acrid
- alert
- arrogant
- backbiting
- biting
- bitter
- burlesque
- caustic
- chaffing
- clever
- contemptuous
- contradictory
- critical
- cutting
- cynical
- defiant
- derisive
- disparaging
- double-edged
- exaggerated
- implausible
- incisive
- incongruous
- keen
- mocking
- mordant
- paradoxical
- pungent
- quick-witted
- ridiculous
- sardonic
- satiric
- satirical
- scathing
- scoffing
- sharp
- sneering
- spicy
- trenchant
- twisted
- uncomplimentary
- witty
- wry
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