Contemptuous has 4 syllables and the stress is on the second syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Some artists are contemptuous of criticism. | |
| 2. | My father is contemptuous of drunkards. | |
| 3. | He is contemptuous of his boss's narrow mind. | |
| 4. | She is contemptuous of your ambition. | |
| 5. | Most scientists are contemptuous of reports that aliens from outer space have landed on the Earth. | |
| 6. | Tom answered with a contemptuous laugh. | |
| 7. | Tom seems to be contemptuous of ordinary people. | |
| 8. | Adolf Eichmann hated rules and was contemptuous of bureaucracy. |