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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

contemptful

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
con-tempt-ful
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Full of contempt.

Etymology

From contempt + -ful.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more contemptful (comparative) most contemptful (superlative)

Questions

What does contemptful mean?
Full of contempt.
Where does contemptful come from?
From contempt + -ful.

How to pronounce contemptful

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