Contemptuous vs Temeritous - What's the difference?
contemptuous | temeritous |
Showing contempt; expressing disdain; showing a lack of respect.
* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
, chapter=5, title= Displaying disdain or contempt for danger.
* 1957 , William Faulkner, The Town? , page 88
* 2006 , Hugh Conlon, Nine Familiar Fables? , page 45
As adjectives the difference between contemptuous and temeritous
is that contemptuous is showing contempt; expressing disdain; showing a lack of respect while temeritous is displaying disdain or contempt for danger.contemptuous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)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
* contemptuouslytemeritous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Not afraid of the extent of hope of which you are capable, but that you—the frail web of bone and flesh snaring that fragile temeritous boundless aspirant sleepless with dream and hope—cannot match it
- The giant sat stalwart and temeritous in his castle.