Synonyms and Antonyms of contemptuous
- loutish tourists who are contemptuous of the ways and traditions of their host countries
bold-faced, brash, brassy, brazen, cheeky, cocky, discourteous, disrespectful, fresh, impertinent, impudent, insolent, sassy, saucy
arrogant, cavalier, highfalutin (also hifalutin), high-handed, high-hat, pretentious, uppish, uppity
haughty, lofty, lordly, prideful, sniffish, snobbish, supercilious
pompous, self-important, superior
catty, cruel, despiteful, hateful, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, mean, nasty, spiteful
- contemptuous comments about the baseball team's pathetic showings
aspersing, calumnious, defamatory, insulting, libelous (or libellous), maligning, slandering, slanderous, vilifying
abusive, opprobrious, scurrilous
catty, cruel, despiteful, hateful, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, mean, nasty, spiteful, unkind, virulent
critical, denunciative, denunciatory
acrimonious, bitter, envious, jaundiced, jealous, rancorous, resentful