contemptuousness

  • 81contemptuous — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ showing contempt. DERIVATIVES contemptuously adverb contemptuousness noun …

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  • 82contemptuously — contemptuous ► ADJECTIVE ▪ showing contempt. DERIVATIVES contemptuously adverb contemptuousness noun …

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  • 83contemptuous — [kən temp′cho͞o əs] adj. [ML contemptuosus] full of contempt; scornful; disdainful contemptuously adv. contemptuousness n …

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  • 84arrogance — noun overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑haughtiness, ↑hauteur, ↑high handedness, ↑lordliness • Derivationally related forms: ↑lordly (for: ↑ …

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  • 85haughtiness — noun overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors • Syn: ↑arrogance, ↑hauteur, ↑high handedness, ↑lordliness • Derivationally related forms: ↑lordly (for: ↑lordliness), ↑ …

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  • 86high-handedness — noun overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors • Syn: ↑arrogance, ↑haughtiness, ↑hauteur, ↑lordliness • Derivationally related forms: ↑lordly (for: ↑lordliness), ↑ …

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  • 87insulting — adjective expressing extreme contempt • Syn: ↑contemptuous, ↑disdainful, ↑scornful • Similar to: ↑disrespectful • Derivationally related forms: ↑disdainfulness ( …

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  • 88lordliness — noun 1. overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors • Syn: ↑arrogance, ↑haughtiness, ↑hauteur, ↑high handedness • Derivationally related forms: ↑lordly, ↑high handed (for …

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  • 89con|tempt|i|bil|i|ty — «kuhn TEHMP tuh BIHL uh tee», noun. 1. the quality or state of being contemptible; contemptibleness. 2. Obsolete. contemptuousness …

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