[kənˈtɛm(p)tʃʊəs], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- showing contempt; scornful
(e.g: she was intolerant and contemptuous of the majority of the human race)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘despising law and order’): from medieval Latin contemptuosus, from Latin contemptus ‘contempt’, from contemnere (see contemn)