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Upbraid :: Upbraid (v. t.) To treat with contempt.

Despect :: Despect (n.) Contempt.

Pitiful :: Pitiful (a.) To be pitied for littleness or meanness; miserable; paltry; contemptible; despicable.

Gibe :: Gibe (v. i.) To reproach with contemptuous words; to deride; to scoff at; to mock.

Dam :: Dam (n.) A female parent; -- used of beasts, especially of quadrupeds; sometimes applied in contempt to a human mother..

Scrag :: Scrag (n.) Something thin, lean, or rough; a bony piece; especially, a bony neckpiece of meat; hence, humorously or in contempt, the neck..

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

Proverb :: Proverb (n.) A familiar illustration; a subject of contemptuous reference.

Whipstitch :: Whipstitch (n.) A tailor; -- so called in contempt.

Insolent :: Insolent (a.) Haughty and contemptuous or brutal in behavior or language; overbearing; domineering; grossly rude or disrespectful; saucy; as, an insolent master; an insolent servant..

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

Prune :: Prune (v. i.) To dress; to prink; -used humorously or in contempt.

Spawn :: Spawn (v. i.) To issue, as offspring; -- used contemptuously..

Beggarly :: Beggarly (a.) In the condition of, or like, a beggar; suitable for a beggar; extremely indigent; poverty-stricken; mean; poor; contemptible..

Costard :: Costard (n.) The head; -- used contemptuously.

Bloat :: Bloat (n.) A term of contempt for a worthless, dissipated fellow..

Contemptible :: Contemptible (a.) Worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean; vile; despicable.

Fico :: Fico (n.) A fig; an insignificant trifle, no more than the snap of one's thumb; a sign of contempt made by the fingers, expressing. A fig for you..

Mock :: Mock (n.) An act of ridicule or derision; a scornful or contemptuous act or speech; a sneer; a jibe; a jeer.

Poor :: Poor (superl.) Worthy of pity or sympathy; -- used also sometimes as a term of endearment, or as an expression of modesty, and sometimes as a word of contempt..

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