contemptuous
/kənˈtemptjʊəs/adjective
- showing contempt; scornful（显示）轻蔑的：
she was intolerant and contemptuous of the majority of the human race.
她是个褊狭的人, 看不起人类的大多数。
派生词
contemptuously
adverbcontemptuousness
noun词源
mid 16th cent. （in the sense 'despising law and order'）： from medieval Latin contemptuosus, from Latin contemptus 'contempt', from contemnere （see CONTEMN）.