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contemptuous

adjective

Showing that someone or something is regarded as unworthy of respect.

Showing scorn

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disdainful scornful derisive disrespectful sneering dismissive

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disdainful

adjective

Showing a belief that someone or something is unworthy of respect.

Showing contempt

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scornful contemptuous haughty supercilious sneering dismissive

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dismissive

adjective

Treating someone or something as unworthy of serious consideration.

Giving little consideration

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disdainful contemptuous scornful derisive belittling offhand

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ridicule

verb

To make someone or something the object of scornful amusement.

Make an object of scorn

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mock deride scoff at jeer at laugh at make fun of

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sardonic

adjective

Grimly or bitterly mocking.

Bitterly mocking

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cynical mocking scornful derisive caustic bitter

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