Backbiting
Contemptuous and backbiting are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Contemptuous" instead an adjective "Backbiting".
Contemptuous
Contemptuous adjective - Feeling or showing open dislike for someone or something regarded as undeserving of respect or concern.
Backbiting and contemptuous are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Backbiting" instead an adjective "Contemptuous".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- mean and backbiting
- mean and contemptuous
- critical and backbiting
- critical and contemptuous
- opprobrious and backbiting
- opprobrious and contemptuous
- sarcastic and backbiting
- sarcastic and contemptuous
- disparaging and backbiting
- disparaging and contemptuous
- ironic and backbiting
- ironic and contemptuous
- malicious and backbiting
- malicious and contemptuous
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Contemptuous and Backbiting. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/backbiting/contemptuous
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Contemptuous or Backbiting. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/backbiting/contemptuous.
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