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All contemptuously synonyms

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adv contemptuously

  • harshly — ungentle and unpleasant in action or effect: harsh treatment; harsh manners.
  • crudely — in a raw or unprepared state; unrefined or natural: crude sugar.
  • bluntly — having an obtuse, thick, or dull edge or point; rounded; not sharp: a blunt pencil.
  • discourteous — not courteous; impolite; uncivil; rude: a discourteous salesman.
  • arrogantly — making claims or pretensions to superior importance or rights; overbearingly assuming; insolently proud: an arrogant public official.
  • haughtily — disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant; supercilious: haughty aristocrats; a haughty salesclerk.
  • insolently — boldly rude or disrespectful; contemptuously impertinent; insulting: an insolent reply.
  • imprudence — not prudent; lacking discretion; incautious; rash.
  • loudly — (of sound) strongly audible; having exceptional volume or intensity: loud talking; loud thunder; loud whispers.
  • roughly — having a coarse or uneven surface, as from projections, irregularities, or breaks; not smooth: rough, red hands; a rough road.
  • sharply — having a thin cutting edge or a fine point; well-adapted for cutting or piercing: a sharp knife.
  • barbarously — uncivilized; wild; savage; crude.
  • boorish — Boorish behaviour is rough, uneducated, and rude.
  • brazenly — shameless or impudent: brazen presumption.
  • coarsely — composed of relatively large parts or particles: The beach had rough, coarse sand.
  • crassly — without refinement, delicacy, or sensitivity; gross; obtuse; stupid: crass commercialism; a crass misrepresentation of the facts.
  • curtly — rudely brief in speech or abrupt in manner.
  • disrespectfully — characterized by, having, or showing disrespect; lacking courtesy or esteem: a disrespectful remark about teachers.
  • indecently — offending against generally accepted standards of propriety or good taste; improper; vulgar: indecent jokes; indecent language; indecent behavior.
  • indecorously — not decorous; violating generally accepted standards of good taste or propriety; unseemly.
  • sassily — impertinent; insolent; saucy: a sassy reply; a sassy teen.
  • snootily — snobbish.
  • tactlessly — lacking tact; showing no tact; undiplomatic; offendingly blunt: a tactless remark.
  • unabashedly — not ashamed, disconcerted, or apologetic; boldly certain of one's position.
  • uncivil — without good manners; unmannerly; rude; impolite; discourteous.
  • uncouth — awkward, clumsy, or unmannerly: uncouth behavior; an uncouth relative who embarrasses the family.
  • ungracious — discourteous; ill-mannered: ungracious behavior.
  • vulgarly — characterized by ignorance of or lack of good breeding or taste: vulgar ostentation.

adverb contemptuously

  • scornfully — full of scorn; derisive; contemptuous: He smiled in a scornful way.
  • sneeringly — to smile, laugh, or contort the face in a manner that shows scorn or contempt: They sneered at his pretensions.
  • disdainfully — full of or showing disdain; scornful.
  • disapprovingly — to think (something) wrong or reprehensible; censure or condemn in opinion.
  • derisively — characterized by or expressing derision; contemptuous; mocking: derisive heckling.
  • condescendingly — In a condescending manner.
  • impolite — not polite or courteous; discourteous; rude: an impolite reply.
  • boastfully — given to or characterized by boasting.
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