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
Slanderous and contemptuous are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Slanderous" instead an adjective "Contemptuous".
Slanderous
Slanderous adjective - Causing or intended to cause unjust injury to a person's good name.
Contemptuous and slanderous are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Contemptuous" instead an adjective "Slanderous".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- offensive and contemptuous
- offensive and slanderous
- opprobrious and contemptuous
- opprobrious and slanderous
- insulting and contemptuous
- insulting and slanderous
- scornful and contemptuous
- scornful and slanderous
- sarcastic and contemptuous
- sarcastic and slanderous
- derisive and contemptuous
- derisive and slanderous
- deprecatory and contemptuous
- deprecatory and slanderous
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