Contemptuous
Contemptuous adjective - Feeling or showing open dislike for someone or something regarded as undeserving of respect or concern.
Censorious and contemptuous are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Censorious" instead an adjective "Contemptuous".
Censorious
Censorious adjective - Harshly critical or expressing censure.
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Synonyms for Censorious
Contemptuous and censorious are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Contemptuous" instead an adjective "Censorious".
Nearby Word: censorial
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Related pairs
- critical and contemptuous
- critical and censorious
- rude and contemptuous
- rude and censorious
- opprobrious and contemptuous
- opprobrious and censorious
- insulting and contemptuous
- insulting and censorious
- scornful and contemptuous
- scornful and censorious
- sarcastic and contemptuous
- sarcastic and censorious
- derisive and contemptuous
- derisive and censorious
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