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   contemptuous

   /kənˈtɛm(p)tʃʊəs/

   adjective

   • 1. showing contempt; scornful: "she was intolerant and contemptuous of the majority of the human race"

   Word Origin mid 16th century (in the sense ‘despising law and order’): from medieval Latin contemptuosus, from Latin contemptus ‘contempt’, from contemnere (see contemn).

   Derivatives

   • 1. contemptuousness noun

   Scrabble Points: 18

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