contemptuous

Adjective

1. Showing contempt; expressing disdain; showing a lack of respect.
   • I don't know that guy, but he just gave me a contemptuous look.
   • Sir George burst into a loud fit of contemptuous laughter. - 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Challenge”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 234:
   • The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite.[…]Can those harmless but refined fellow-diners be the selfish cads whose gluttony and...
2. Worthy of contempt; contemptible.
   • Rep. Noble told GCN that she, however, had deep concern "regarding the scandalous sexual exploitation and abuse of young children by adults." Noble has called on the community to "support the efforts of the Suffolk...