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Antonyms for contemptuousness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kuhn-temp-choo-uhs

Phonetic Transcription : kənˈtɛmp tʃu əs

Definition of contemptuousness

Origin : 1590s, from Latin contemptus (see contempt). Related: Contemptuously.

As in insolence : noun boldness, disrespect
As in arrogance : noun exaggerated self-opinion
As in prejudice : noun belief without basis, information; intolerance
As in scorn : noun contempt toward something
As in loftiness : noun arrogance
As in lordliness : noun arrogance
As in overbearingness : noun arrogance
As in pridefulness : noun arrogance
As in proudness : noun arrogance
As in superciliousness : noun arrogance
As in haughtiness : noun air of supremacy
As in hubris : noun arrogance

Example sentences :

If the pastor took you for a courtier, I reverence him for his contemptuousness.
Extract from : « Imaginary Conversations and Poems » by Walter Savage Landor

He looked through her with a contemptuousness such as she could not have imagined.
Extract from : « Main Street » by Sinclair Lewis

She muttered rather than spoke these few words, but with a contemptuousness of inflection that was most expressive.
Extract from : « The Faith Doctor » by Edward Eggleston

For Tobe an attitude of contemptuousness appeared to be the indicated mood.
Extract from : « Ladies and Gentlemen » by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb

By a slow facial manoeuvre, Mr. Neal contrived to make his cigar look out upon the world with contemptuousness unbearable.
Extract from : « Queed » by Henry Sydnor Harrison

One fault of character, I think, he may perhaps have had much trouble with—I mean bitterness and contemptuousness.
Extract from : « True Words for Brave Men » by Charles Kingsley

Moreover I remembered sensitively his contemptuousness of manner to me at my last interview in his office.
Extract from : « Roughing It » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

Bossuet could not veil his haughty countenance, and his language is that of asperity and contemptuousness instead of moderation.
Extract from : « Introduction to the Literature of Europe in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Centuries, Vol. 2 » by Henry Hallam

No person has a right to treat another with contemptuousness unless he knows him to deserve it.
Extract from : « Imaginary Conversations and Poems » by Walter Savage Landor

Envy would conceal herself under the shadow and shelter of contemptuousness, but she swells too huge for the den she creeps into.
Extract from : « Imaginary Conversations and Poems » by Walter Savage Landor

Synonyms for contemptuousness

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