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What is the adjective for contempts?

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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. Examples:
    1. “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
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  3. Examples:
    1. “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
contemned
contemning
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