contemptuous
source sentence: When, in my 20s, I read the great humanitarian Albert Schweitzer's writings on reverence for life, I became a vegetarian and even more contemptuous of hunters.
context clues: inference clues, (syn.) disdainful, sneering, (ant.) respectful, (ex.) A parent punishing their child is an example of a contemptuous parent.
definition: showing or expressing contempt or disdain; scornful
original sentence: If the girl did not listen, the old woman threatened to strike here with a contemptuous hand.
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