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contemptuously

/kənˈtɛmptʃʊəsli/

US pronunciation
American sound/kənˈtɛmptʃʊəsli/
kənˈtɛmptʃʊəsli
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4 syllables
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2nd syllable stress
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Final y vowel sound

kən - ˈtɛmptʃʊəsli -> contemptuously

Myanmar meaning

(adv) မထီမဲ့မြင်ပြုလျက်။

Full entry

contempt /kǝn'tempt/ n [U]

၁။ ~ (for sb/sth) အထင်သေး ခြင်း။
I feel nothing but contempt for people who treat children so cruelly. ❍ Such behaviour is beneath contempt (ie so bad that it is not worth feeling contempt for). ❍ I shall treat that suggestion with the contempt it deserves. ❍ opinions which are generally held in contempt.
၂။ ~ of/for sth ပမာမထားခြင်း။ မမှုခြင်း။
His remarks betray a staggering contempt for the truth (ie are completely false).
❏ contemptible /kǝn'temptǝbl/ adj အထင်သေးဖွယ်ဖြစ် သော။ စက်ဆုပ်ဖွယ်ဖြစ်သော။ contemptible cowardice.
❏ contempt of court (also contempt ) n [U] တရားရုံး အမိန့်ကို ဖီဆန်မှု။ တရားရုံးတော် (သို့) တရားသူကြီးကို မထီမဲ့မြင်ပြုမှု။ They were jailed for contempt (of court).
❏ contemptuous /kǝn'temptʃuǝs/ adj
~ (of sth/sb) အထင်သေးသော။
a contemptuous person/attitude ❍ He threw it away with a contemptuous gesture. ❍ She has always shown herself to be contemptuous of public opinion. contemptuously adv

More examples
  • I shall treat that remark with the contempt it deserves.
  • [contempt for] : I have nothing but contempt for their ridiculous opinions.
  • [with contempt] : She regarded the tabloid press with absolute contempt.
  • [hold something/someone in contempt] : How could she marry a man whom she holds in such utter contempt?
  • [contempt for] : He showed a complete contempt for other people’s feelings.
  • Their apparent contempt for international law
Synonyms
disdain, dislike, disrespect, disapproval, scorn, hatred, derision, condescension, antipathy, audacity, aversion, contumely, defiance, despisal, despisement, despite, discredit, disesteem, disfavor, dishonor, disregard, disrepute, distaste, humiliation, ignominy, indignity, infamy, insignificancy, malice, mockery, neglect, opprobrium, recalcitrance, repugnance, ridicule, shame, slight, snobbery, stigma, stubbornness
Antonyms
admiration, affection, approbation, approval, care, compliment, credit, endorsement, esteem, flattery, friendliness, honor, like, liking, love, loving, obedience, praise, regard, respect, sanction, sympathy
Cross references
disdaindislikedisrespectdisapprovalscornhatredderisioncondescensionantipathyaudacityaversioncontumelydefiancedespisaldespisementdespitediscreditdisesteemdisfavordishonordisregarddisreputedistastehumiliationignominyindignityinfamyinsignificancy
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