A proud, contemptuous behavior. --Hammond.
Savage invective and contemptuous sarcasm. --Macaulay.
Rome . . . entertained the most contemptuous opinion of
the Jews. --Atterbury.
Syn: Scornful; insolent; haughty; disdainful; supercilious;
insulting; contumelious.
Usage: {Contemptuous}, {Contemptible}. These words, from
their similarity of sound, are sometimes erroneously
interchanged, as when a person speaks of having ``a
very contemptible opinion of another.'' Contemptible
is applied to that which is the object of contempt;
as, contemptible conduct; acontemptible fellow.
Contemptuous is applied to that which indicates
contempt; as, a contemptuous look; a contemptuous
remark; contemptuous treatment. A person, or whatever
is personal, as an action, an expression, a feeling,
an opinion, may be either contemptuous or
contemptible; a thing may be contemptible, but can not
be contemptuous.