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Bullirag :: Bullirag (n.) To intimidate by bullying; to rally contemptuously; to badger.

Frippery :: Frippery (a.) Trifling; contemptible.

Affront :: Affront (n.) Contemptuous or rude treatment which excites or justifies resentment; marked disrespect; a purposed indignity; insult.

Tit :: Tit (n.) A woman; -- used in contempt.

Diogenes :: Diogenes (n.) A Greek Cynic philosopher (412?-323 B. C.) who lived much in Athens and was distinguished for contempt of the common aims and conditions of life, and for sharp, caustic sayings..

Scorn :: Scorn (n.) An act or expression of extreme contempt.

Smile :: Smile (v. i.) A somewhat similar expression of countenance, indicative of satisfaction combined with malevolent feelings, as contempt, scorn, etc; as, a scornful smile..

Smile :: Smile (v. i.) To express slight contempt by a look implying sarcasm or pity; to sneer.

Fudge :: Fudge (n.) A made-up story; stuff; nonsense; humbug; -- often an exclamation of contempt.

Jacquerie :: "Jacquerie (n.) The name given to a revolt of French peasants against the nobles in 1358, the leader assuming the contemptuous title, Jacques Bonhomme, given by the nobles to the peasantry. Hence, any revolt of peasants..

Slight :: Slight (n.) The act of slighting; the manifestation of a moderate degree of contempt, as by neglect or oversight; neglect; indignity..

Insect :: Insect (n.) Fig.: Any small, trivial, or contemptible person or thing..

Sophist :: Sophist (n.) One of a class of men who taught eloquence, philosophy, and politics in ancient Greece; especially, one of those who, by their fallacious but plausible reasoning, puzzled inquirers after truth, weakened the faith of the people, and drew upon themselves general hatred and contempt..

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

Snag :: Snag (n.) A tooth projecting beyond the rest; contemptuously, a broken or decayed tooth..

Sirrah :: Sirrah (n.) A term of address implying inferiority and used in anger, contempt, reproach, or disrespectful familiarity, addressed to a man or boy, but sometimes to a woman. In sililoquies often preceded by ah. Not used in the plural..

Clan :: Clan (n.) A clique; a sect, society, or body of persons; esp., a body of persons united by some common interest or pursuit; -- sometimes used contemptuously..

Despiteous :: Despiteous (a.) Feeling or showing despite; malicious; angry to excess; cruel; contemptuous.

Scorn :: Scorn (n.) Extreme and lofty contempt; haughty disregard; that disdain which springs from the opinion of the utter meanness and unworthiness of an object.

Temerity :: Temerity (n.) Unreasonable contempt of danger; extreme venturesomeness; rashness; as, the temerity of a commander in war..

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