Contemptuous
Contemptuous adjective - Feeling or showing open dislike for someone or something regarded as undeserving of respect or concern.
Disapproving and contemptuous are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Disapproving" instead an adjective "Contemptuous".
Disapproving
Disapproving adjective - Expressing or manifesting disapproval.
Contemptuous and disapproving are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Contemptuous" instead an adjective "Disapproving".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- cutting and contemptuous
- cutting and disapproving
- critical and contemptuous
- critical and disapproving
- hateful and contemptuous
- hateful and disapproving
- opprobrious and contemptuous
- opprobrious and disapproving
- deprecatory and contemptuous
- deprecatory and disapproving
- disparaging and contemptuous
- disparaging and disapproving
- cool and contemptuous
- cool and disapproving
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