contemptive

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /kənˈtɛmp.tɪv/    美 /kənˈtɛmp.tɪv/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A word form expressing the negative attitude of the speaker.
形容词 adj.
  1. Of or pertaining to, or creating a word form denoting the negative attitude of the speaker.
    — One of the most striking features of the vocabulary of Nishnaabemwin is the frequency that contemptive endings appear on basic (LEXICAL) noun forms, in other words, on noun stems that never occur without the contemptive suffix and which do not have salient contemptive force.
  2. Contemptuous. rare
    — A contemptive epithet applied to any place. “Sich a smuce!” a teetotaler would say in relating his experience of a gin-shop.

词形变化

more contemptive comparative most contemptive superlative contemptives plural

词汇关系

反义词
affectionate

词源

词源 1
From contempt + -ive.
词源 2
From contempt + -ive.
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