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contemptful

contemptful adjective: full of contempt.

Adjective

contemptful (comparative more contemptful, superlative most contemptful)

  1. Full of contempt.

Forms of contemptful

comparativemore contemptful
superlativemost contemptful

Origin of contemptful

From contempt + -ful.

Questions about contemptful

What does contemptful mean?
Contemptful means full of contempt.
What part of speech is contemptful?
Contemptful is an adjective.

Words near contemptful in the dictionary

  1. contempt of Congress
  2. contempt of cop
  3. contempt of court
  4. contempt of Parliament
  5. contemptable
  6. contemptful
  7. contemptibilities
  8. contemptibility
  9. contemptible
  10. contemptibleness
  11. contemptibly

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