contemptuous
adjective
[ kənˈtɛm(p)tʃʊəs ]
• showing contempt; scornful.
• "she was intolerant and contemptuous of the majority of the human race"
Similar:
scornful,
disdainful,
disrespectful,
insulting,
insolent,
full of contempt,
derisory,
derisive,
mocking,
sneering,
jeering,
scoffing,
taunting,
withering,
scathing,
snide,
condescending,
supercilious,
arrogant,
cavalier,
high and mighty,
imperious,
proud,
vain,
sniffy,
snotty,
on one's high horse,
contumelious,
Origin:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘despising law and order’): from medieval Latin contemptuosus, from Latin contemptus ‘contempt’, from contemnere (see contemn).
