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What is the adjective for contempt?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb contemn which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

contemptuous
  1. Showing contempt; expressing disdain; showing a lack of respect.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. disdainful, scornful, disparaging, derogatory, slighting, arrogant, denigratory, haughty, belittling, supercilious, deprecatory, pejorative, snobbish, condescending, imperious, proud, uppity, uncomplimentary, degrading, snooty, insolent, demeaning, derisory, insulting, depreciatory, cavalier, sneering, depreciative, derisive, sniffy, derogative, mocking, denigrative, vain, decrying, detractive, snotty, scathing, scoffing, contumelious, audacious, disrespectful, disapproving, jeering, withering, snide, cool, snippy, bold, cheeky … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Openly contemptuous of New Age mysticism, the novel parodies its adherents as witless and violent Edenites, followers of the Cult of Ignorance.”
      “This augured a fundamentally contemptuous attitude toward the principles that had previously sustained US legitimacy.”
      “Like most of the first smart, sardonic novel, the story appears to have been thrown out with contemptuous ease.”
contemptive
  1. (linguistics) Of or pertaining to, or creating a word form denoting the negative attitude of the speaker.
contemnible
  1. Fit to be contemned; contemptible.
contemptible
  1. deserving contempt
  2. Synonyms:
      3. despicable, detestable, ignominious, base, shameful, vile, abject, execrable, odious, pitiful, shabby, worthless, bad, degenerate, deplorable, hateful, loathsome, low, mean, paltry, pitiable, sordid, abhorrent, cheap, despisable, disdainable, disgraceful, heinous, reprehensible, revolting, scurvy, shocking, unspeakable, unworthy, wretched, abominable, cowardly, dirty, discreditable, disreputable, nasty, offensive, sorry, cruddy, currish, dishonourable, dishonorable, distasteful, grubby, ignoble … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “It is not possible to treat others with respect when who they are or what they believe makes them worthless or contemptible as human beings.”
      “The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible.”
      “Though a rock star, he found most rock music contemptible and really wanted to be a jazz and symphonic composer.”
contemptable
  1. Contemptible.
contemned
  1. simple past tense and past participle of contemn
  2. Synonyms:
      3. scorned, disdained, slighted, dissed, mocked, snubbed, disrespected, derided, snooted, despised, hated, reviled, spurned, disregarded, undervalued, high-hatted, scoffed at, sniffed at, looked down on, jeered at, treated with contempt, sneezed at, felt contempt for, looked down upon, walked over, thumbed nose at, looked down one's nose at, cut, put down, rejected, sneered at, held in contempt, turned your nose up at, abhorred, belittled, misprized, dismissed, repudiated, scouted, poured scorn on, cold-shouldered, stiff-armed, cut dead, shunned, gibed, stiffed, rebuffed, heaped scorn on, shown contempt for, showed contempt for … more
contemning
  1. present participle of contemn
  2. Synonyms:
      3. scorning, disdaining, slighting, dissing, mocking, snubbing, disrespecting, deriding, despising, hating, reviling, spurning, disregarding, undervaluing, scoffing at, sniffing at, looking down on, jeering at, treating with contempt, sneezing at, feeling contempt for, looking down upon, walking over, thumbing nose at, look down one's nose at, rejecting, sneering at, holding in contempt, turning your nose up at, abhorring, belittling, misprizing, dismissing, repudiating, scouting, cutting, pouring scorn on, showing contempt for, cold-shouldering, stiff-arming, putting down, disparaging, abominating, regarding with contempt, stiffing, pooh-poohing, shunning, gibing, rebuffing, refusing … more
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