contemptuously

Meanings

• expressing or showing scorn, contempt, or disdain

  - "His arrogant and contemptuously attitude towards others was unbearable."
  - "The judge delivered a contemptuously sentence to the defendant."
  - "She gave a contemptuously laugh at his expense."

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Pronunciation

1. /kənˈtɛmp.tju.əs.li/
   
   
   
   Source: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=90827205"

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Synonyms

condescendingly , disdainfully , disrespectfully

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with contemptuously
complaisantly , continuously , ostentatiously , pompously , tediously

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Homophones

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1. contemptuously, contemptibly, contemptuousness, contemptibleness () :
   

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Variants

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contemptuous , contemptuously , contemptuousness , contemptuousnesses

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Forms

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{"term"=>"contemptuously (adverb)", "description"=>"An adverb used to describe the manner in which someone expresses scorn, contempt, or disdain."}, {"term"=>"contemptuously (adjective)", "description"=>"An adjective used to describe someone or something that expresses scorn, contempt, or disdain."}, {"term"=>"contemptuously (verb)", "description"=>"A verb used to describe the act of expressing scorn, contempt, or disdain."}, {"term"=>"contemptuously (noun)", "description"=>"A noun used to describe a feeling or attitude of scorn, contempt, or disdain."}, {"term"=>"contemptuously (idiom)", "description"=>"An expression or phrase used metaphorically to describe someone or something that expresses scorn, contempt, or disdain."}

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Etymology

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Old French contempre, from contrē (opposite) + tempre (temper, modify). It is related to the Latin contemnere, meaning to scorn or despise.

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Quotes

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1. In his 1978 Harvard commencement address, Mr. Solzhenitsyn seemed at times "contemptuous" of American democracy …

   - Daniel Patrick Moynihan,{it}New York Times Book Review{/it},24 Nov. 1991

2. He felt familiar enough to indulge in outbursts of rage or "contemptuous" sarcasm in her presence, and to display the most withering side of his character, lashing out at the people he despised.

   - Cynthia Ozick,{it}New Yorker{/it},20 Nov. 1989

3. He owned a fine Kentucky rifle, with a cherry wood stock, and was "contemptuous" of the bulky carbines most of the troop had adopted.

   - Larry McMurtry,{it}Dead Man's Walk{/it},1995

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Culture

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The term 'contemptuously' has been used in various forms of literature, art, music, and other forms of cultural expression. For example, in the novel 'To Kill a Mockingbird' by Harper Lee, the character Tom Robinson is accused of raping a white woman. Although Tom is clearly innocent, the all-white jury convicts him based on racial prejudice. Throughout the novel, the author uses the term 'contemptuously' to describe the way in which the white characters in the novel view and treat the black characters, particularly Tom Robinson. In this way, the term 'contemptuously' serves as a powerful symbol of the deep-rooted racial prejudice and discrimination that existed in American society during the time period in which the novel is set.

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