contempt
Word details
- German meaning
- Höhnisch bedeutet spöttisch, verächtlich oder abfällig.
- English meaning
- Derisive means mocking, scornful, or contemptuous.
- Synonym
- spöttisch, verächtlich
- German example
- Er grinste höhnisch, als er von ihrem Misserfolg hörte.
- English example
- He grinned derisively when he heard about her failure.
- Comparative
- höhnischerSuperlative: am hönischsten
Related words
- Verachtung
contempt
- Missachtung
contempt
- geringschätzend
contemptuous
- verächtlich
contemptuously
- verabscheuenswert
contemptible
- despektierlich
contemptuous
- nichtswürdig
contemptible
- verächtlich
contemptuous
- verächtlich
contemptible
- menschenverachtend
Misanthropic, contemptuous of humanity
- Kainszeichen
mark of Cain
- verachtungswürdig
Despicable means so bad or immoral that it deserves contempt.
- Verachtung
Contempt is a feeling of deep disapproval or disgust towards someone or something.
- Canaille
Canaille is a derogatory term for a despicable, contemptible person.
- pfauchen
To huff or exhale audibly, often as an expression of annoyance or contempt.
- verachtenswert
Despicable means something or someone is so bad or immoral that it/they deserve contempt.
- verachtend
Contemptuous, disdainful
- verächtlich
Contemptuous means regarding someone or something with great lack of respect and as worthless.
- abschätzig
disparaging, contemptuous
- despektierlich
Disrespectful means lacking respect, derogatory, or contemptuous.