Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of contempt is as below...

Insignificant :: Insignificant (a.) Without weight of character or social standing; mean; contemptible; as, an insignificant person..

Mockery :: Mockery (n.) The act of mocking, deriding, and exposing to contempt, by mimicry, by insincere imitation, or by a false show of earnestness; a counterfeit appearance..

Carpetbagger :: Carpetbagger (n.) An adventurer; -- a term of contempt for a Northern man seeking private gain or political advancement in the southern part of the United States after the Civil War (1865).

Despiteful :: Despiteful (a.) Full of despite; expressing malice or contemptuous hate; malicious.

Scoff :: Scoff (n.) To show insolent ridicule or mockery; to manifest contempt by derisive acts or language; -- often with at.

Pretty :: Pretty (superl.) Mean; despicable; contemptible; -- used ironically; as, a pretty trick; a pretty fellow..

Whoreson :: Whoreson (n.) A bastard; colloquially, a low, scurvy fellow; -- used generally in contempt, or in coarse humor. Also used adjectively..

Mahound :: Mahound (n.) A contemptuous name for Mohammed; hence, an evil spirit; a devil..

Jerk :: Jerk (v. i.) To flout with contempt.

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

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

Flunky :: Flunky (n.) A contemptuous name for a liveried servant or a footman.

Ridicule :: Ridicule (n.) Remarks concerning a subject or a person designed to excite laughter with a degree of contempt; wit of that species which provokes contemptuous laughter; disparagement by making a person an object of laughter; banter; -- a term lighter than derision.

Peat :: Peat (n.) A small person; a pet; -- sometimes used contemptuously.

Poh :: Poh (interj.) An exclamation expressing contempt or disgust; bah .

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

Pooh-pooh :: Pooh-pooh (v. t.) To make light of; to treat with derision or contempt, as if by saying pooh! pooh!.

Flout :: Flout (v. t.) To mock or insult; to treat with contempt.

Mean :: Mean (superl.) Of little value or account; worthy of little or no regard; contemptible; despicable.

Fig :: Fig (n.) To put into the head of, as something useless o/ contemptible..

Random Fonts

Most Popular