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# contemptuous

«contemptuous» in Mova's school dictionary: **Showing that you think someone or something is worthless…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (more contemptuous, most contemptuous)

### meaning for a pupil

Showing that you think someone or something is worthless or beneath you; scornful. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contemptuous/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, a proud person sneers at a poor or humble stranger: the king gave a contemptuous laugh.

### examples

- He gave a contemptuous sneer at my drawing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contemptuous/#x1)
- She was contemptuous of anyone who was not rich. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contemptuous/#x2)
- The bully made a contemptuous remark about my shoes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contemptuous/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «contemptuous» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contemptuous/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.