Definition of contempt

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Contempt (n.) An act or expression denoting contempt.

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Burlesque :: Burlesque (a.) Tending to excite laughter or contempt by extravagant images, or by a contrast between the subject and the manner of treating it, as when a trifling subject is treated with mock gravity; jocular; ironical..
Thou :: Thou (v. t.) To address as thou, esp. to do so in order to treat with insolent familiarity or contempt..
Contemningly :: Contemningly (adv.) Contemptuously.
Nickname :: Nickname (n.) A name given in contempt, derision, or sportive familiarity; a familiar or an opprobrious appellation..
Criticaster :: Criticaster (n.) A contemptible or vicious critic.
Pettifogulize :: Pettifogulize (v. i.) To act as a pettifogger; to use contemptible tricks.
Kit :: Kit (m.) A group of separate parts, things, or individuals; -- used with whole, and generally contemptuously; as, the whole kit of them..
Pah :: Pah (interj.) An exclamation expressing disgust or contempt. See Bah.
Despise :: Despise (v. t.) To look down upon with disfavor or contempt; to contemn; to scorn; to disdain; to have a low opinion or contemptuous dislike of.
Bloat :: Bloat (n.) A term of contempt for a worthless, dissipated fellow..
Contemptibleness :: Contemptibleness (n.) The state or quality of being contemptible, or of being despised..
Betty :: Betty (n.) A name of contempt given to a man who interferes with the duties of women in a household, or who occupies himself with womanish matters..
Fribble :: Fribble (n.) A frivolous, contemptible fellow; a fop..
Spurn :: Spurn (v. t.) To reject with disdain; to scorn to receive or accept; to treat with contempt.
Rhymery :: Rhymery (n.) The art or habit of making rhymes; rhyming; -- in contempt.
Bloody :: Bloody (a.) Infamous; contemptible; -- variously used for mere emphasis or as a low epithet.
Fling :: Fling (n.) A trifing matter; an object of contempt.
Despicable :: Despicable (a.) Fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean; vile; worthless; as, a despicable man; despicable company; a despicable gift..
Scrub :: Scrub (a.) Mean; dirty; contemptible; scrubby.
Nobody :: Nobody (n.) A person of no influence or importance; an insignificant or contemptible person.
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