contemptuous

adj.鄙视的,

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
contemptuous (adjective)
manifesting, feeling, or expressing deep hatred or disapproval feeling or showing - contempt
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
contemptuous (adjective)
1.
feeling or showing open dislike for someone or something regarded as undeserving of respect or concern
SYNONYMS:
abhorrent, disdainful, scornful
RELATED WORDS:
bold-faced, brash, brassy, brazen, cheeky, cocky, discourteous, disrespectful, fresh, impertinent, impudent, insolent, sassy, saucy; arrogant, cavalier, highfalutin ( hifalutin), high-handed, high-hat, pretentious, uppish, uppity; haughty, lofty, lordly, prideful, sniffish, snobbish, supercilious; pompous, self-important, superior; catty, cruel, despiteful, hateful, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, mean, nasty, spiteful
NEAR ANTONYMS:
deferential, regardful, respectful; accepting, tolerant; courteous, polite
admiring, applauding, appreciative, approving
contemptuous (adjective)
2.
intended to make a person or thing seem of little importance or value
SYNONYMS:
belittling, contemptuous, decrying, degrading, demeaning, denigrative, denigratory, deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory, derisory, derogative, detractive, disdainful, disparaging, pejorative, scornful, slighting, uncomplimentary
RELATED WORDS:
aspersing, calumnious, defamatory, insulting, libelous ( libellous), maligning, slandering, slanderous, vilifying; abusive, opprobrious, scurrilous; catty, cruel, despiteful, hateful, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, mean, nasty, spiteful, unkind, virulent; critical, denunciative, denunciatory; acrimonious, bitter, envious, jaundiced, jealous, rancorous, resentful; acrid, caustic, scathing, venomous
NEAR ANTONYMS:
admiring, adulatory, applauding, approving, friendly, positive; appreciative, respectful; kind, kindhearted, kindly, sympathetic, unmalicious, warm, warmhearted
commendatory, complimentary, laudative, laudatory
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