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Fig :: Fig (n.) The value of a fig, practically nothing; a fico; -- used in scorn or contempt..

Expose :: Expose (v. t.) To disclose the faults or reprehensible practices of; to lay open to general condemnation or contempt by making public the character or arts of; as, to expose a cheat, liar, or hypocrite..

Obloquy :: Obloquy (n.) Censorious speech; defamatory language; language that casts contempt on men or their actions; blame; reprehension.

Scornful :: Scornful (a.) Full of scorn or contempt; contemptuous; disdainful.

Carcass :: Carcass (n.) The living body; -- now commonly used in contempt or ridicule.

Contemptuously :: Contemptuously (adv.) In a contemptuous manner; with scorn or disdain; despitefully.

Wiseacre :: Wiseacre (v.) One who makes undue pretensions to wisdom; a would-be-wise person; hence, in contempt, a simpleton; a dunce..

Carrion :: Carrion (n.) A contemptible or worthless person; -- a term of reproach.

Sneer :: Sneer (n.) A smile, grin, or contortion of the face, indicative of contempt; an indirect expression or insinuation of contempt..

Lapling :: Lapling (n.) One who has been fondled to excess; one fond of ease and sensual delights; -- a term of contempt.

Contemptibleness :: Contemptibleness (n.) The state or quality of being contemptible, or of being despised..

Pshaw :: Pshaw (v. i.) To express disgust or contemptuous disapprobation, as by the exclamation Pshaw!.

Sarcasm :: Sarcasm (n.) A keen, reproachful expression; a satirical remark uttered with some degree of scorn or contempt; a taunt; a gibe; a cutting jest..

Sport :: Sport (n.) Mock; mockery; contemptuous mirth; derision.

Pietistical :: Pietistical (a.) Of or pertaining to the Pietists; hence, in contempt, affectedly or demonstratively religious..

Scurvy :: Scurvy (n.) Vile; mean; low; vulgar; contemptible.

Disdain :: Disdain (v. i.) To be filled with scorn; to feel contemptuous anger; to be haughty.

Traduce :: Traduce (v. t.) To expose to contempt or shame; to represent as blamable; to calumniate; to vilify; to defame.

Hiss :: Hiss (n.) A prolonged sound like that letter s, made by forcing out the breath between the tongue and teeth, esp. as a token of disapprobation or contempt..

Pugh :: Pugh (interj.) Pshaw! pish! -- a word used in contempt or disdain.

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