Contemptuous tone Synonyms

Definitions for Contemptuous


  • (adjective) feeling or showing open dislike for someone or something regarded as undeserving of respect or concern
  • (adjective) intended to make a person or thing seem of little importance or value
  • (adjective) expressing extreme contempt

Definitions for Tone


  • (noun) a distinctive way of putting ideas into words
  • (noun) a property that becomes apparent when light falls on an object and by which things that are identical in form can be distinguished
  • (noun) the set of qualities that makes a person, a group of people , or a thing different from others