About The Word Contemn
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Contemn
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What's The Definition Of Contemn?
[v] look down on with disdain; "He despises the people he has to work for"; "The professor scorns the students who don't catch on immediately"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Contemn: despise | disdain | scorn Related Terms | Find terms related to Contemn: abhor | abjure | be above | be contemptuous of | brush aside | care nothing for | chuck | chuck out | contradict | decline | deny | deride | despise | disapprove | discard | disclaim | discount | disdain | dismiss | disown | disparage | disprize | disregard | dump on | except | exclude | feel contempt for | feel superior to | forswear | hold beneath one | hold cheap | hold in contempt | ignore | insult | look down upon | misprize | pass by | pass up | push aside | put down | rank low | rebuff | recant | refuse | refuse to consider | reject | renounce | repel | repudiate | repulse | ridicule | scorn | scout | set at naught | shove away | sneer at | sneeze at | sniff at | snort at | spurn | think nothing of | throw away | throw out | turn away | turn out | waive Contemn In Webster's Dictionary \Con*temn"\ (k[o^]n*t[e^]m"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Contemned} (-t[e^]md); p. pr. & vb. n. {Contemning}
(-t[e^]m"n[i^]ng or -t[e^]m"[i^]ng).] [L. contemnere,
-temptum; con- + temnere to slight, despise: cf. OF.
contemner.]
To view or treat with contempt, as mean and despicable; to
reject with disdain; to despise; to scorn.
Thy pompous delicacies I contemn. --Milton.
One who contemned divine and human laws. --Dryden.
Syn: To despise; scorn; disdain; spurn; slight; neglect;
underrate; overlook.
Usage: To {Contemn}, {Despise}, {Scorn}, {Disdain}. Contemn
is the generic term, and is applied especially to
objects, qualities, etc., which are deemed
contemptible, and but rarely to individuals; to
despise is to regard or treat as mean, unbecoming, or
worthless; to scorn is stronger, expressing a quick,
indignant contempt; disdain is still stronger,
denoting either unwarrantable pride and haughtiness or
an abhorrence of what is base.
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