Contemptuous
Contemptuous adjective - Intended to make a person or thing seem of little importance or value.
Usage example: contemptuous comments about the baseball team's pathetic showings
Detractive and contemptuous are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Detractive" instead an adjective "Contemptuous".
Detractive
Detractive adjective - Intended to make a person or thing seem of little importance or value.
Usage example: used the detractive epithet “McJob” to describe what his feckless son-in-law did for work
Contemptuous and detractive are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Contemptuous" instead an adjective "Detractive".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- critical and contemptuous
- critical and detractive
- rude and contemptuous
- rude and detractive
- offensive and contemptuous
- offensive and detractive
- opprobrious and contemptuous
- opprobrious and detractive
- insulting and contemptuous
- insulting and detractive
- scornful and contemptuous
- scornful and detractive
- derisive and contemptuous
- derisive and detractive
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