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Ranter :: Ranter (n.) One of the Primitive Methodists, who seceded from the Wesleyan Methodists on the ground of their deficiency in fervor and zeal; -- so called in contempt..

Tread :: Tread (v. t.) To crush under the foot; to trample in contempt or hatred; to subdue.

Paltry :: Paltry (superl.) Mean; vile; worthless; despicable; contemptible; pitiful; trifling; as, a paltry excuse; paltry gold..

Puritanical :: Puritanical (a.) Precise in observance of legal or religious requirements; strict; overscrupulous; rigid; -- often used by way of reproach or contempt.

Detest :: Detest (v. t.) To hate intensely; to abhor; to abominate; to loathe; as, we detest what is contemptible or evil..

Trample :: Trample (v. i.) To tread in contempt; -- with on or upon.

Stargaser :: Stargaser (n.) One who gazes at the stars; an astrologer; sometimes, in derision or contempt, an astronomer..

Landlubber :: Landlubber (n.) One who passes his life on land; -- so called among seamen in contempt or ridicule.

Belittle :: Belittle (v. t.) To make little or less in a moral sense; to speak of in a depreciatory or contemptuous way.

Dandiprat :: Dandiprat (n.) A little fellow; -- in sport or contempt.

Proctorage :: Proctorage (n.) Management by a proctor, or as by a proctor; hence, control; superintendence; -- in contempt..

Lousy :: Lousy (a.) Mean; contemptible; as, lousy knave..

Consistorian :: Consistorian (a.) Pertaining to a Presbyterian consistory; -- a contemptuous term of 17th century controversy.

Disesteem :: Disesteem (v. t.) To feel an absence of esteem for; to regard with disfavor or slight contempt; to slight.

Brat :: Brat (n.) A child; an offspring; -- formerly used in a good sense, but now usually in a contemptuous sense..

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

Bah :: Bah (interj.) An exclamation expressive of extreme contempt.

Humph :: Humph (interj.) An exclamation denoting surprise, or contempt, doubt, etc..

Talker :: Talker (n.) A loquacious person, male or female; a prattler; a babbler; also, a boaster; a braggart; -- used in contempt or reproach..

Rhymer :: Rhymer (n.) One who makes rhymes; a versifier; -- generally in contempt; a poor poet; a poetaster.

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