Contemptuous
Contemptuous adjective - Feeling or showing open dislike for someone or something regarded as undeserving of respect or concern.
Vituperative and contemptuous are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Vituperative" instead an adjective "Contemptuous".
Vituperative
Vituperative adjective - Marked by harsh insulting language.
Usage example: the type of provocative magazine article that is guaranteed to engender vituperative threats of subscription cancellations
Contemptuous and vituperative are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Contemptuous" instead an adjective "Vituperative".
Nearby Word: vituperation
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- critical and contemptuous
- critical and vituperative
- rude and contemptuous
- rude and vituperative
- offensive and contemptuous
- offensive and vituperative
- opprobrious and contemptuous
- opprobrious and vituperative
- insulting and contemptuous
- insulting and vituperative
- scornful and contemptuous
- scornful and vituperative
- sarcastic and contemptuous
- sarcastic and vituperative
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