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Derision vs Contemptuous - What's the difference?

derision | contemptuous |

As a noun derision

is act of treating with disdain.

As an adjective contemptuous is

showing contempt; expressing disdain; showing a lack of respect.

derision

English

Noun

  • Act of treating with disdain.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=December 15 , author=Felicity Cloake , title=How to cook the perfect nut roast , work=Guardian citation , page= , passage=One of the darlings of the early vegetarian movement (particularly in its even sadder form, the cutlet), it was on the menu at John Harvey Kellogg's Battle Creek Sanitarium [sic], and has since become the default Sunday option for vegetarians – and a default source of derision for everyone else.}}
  • * 1969 , , The Godfather :
    • There was just a touch of derision in the Don's voice and Hagen flushed.

    Related terms

    * deride * derider * ridicule * ridiculous * ridiculosity

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    contemptuous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Showing contempt; expressing disdain; showing a lack of respect.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
    • , chapter=5, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest , passage=The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite.

    Derived terms

    * contemptuously

    Related terms

    * contempt