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Snout :: Snout (n.) The nose of a man; -- in contempt.

Shame :: Shame (n.) Reproach incurred or suffered; dishonor; ignominy; derision; contempt.

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

Contempt :: Contempt (n.) The state of being despised; disgrace; shame.

Lapling :: Lapling (n.) One who has been fondled to excess; one fond of ease and sensual delights; -- a term of contempt.

Contemptible :: Contemptible (a.) Insolent; scornful; contemptuous.

Spalpeen :: Spalpeen (n.) A scamp; an Irish term for a good-for-nothing fellow; -- often used in good-humored contempt or ridicule.

Transcribbler :: Transcribbler (n.) A transcriber; -- used in contempt.

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

Hang-by :: Hang-by (n.) A dependent; a hanger-on; -- so called in contempt.

Fling :: Fling (n.) A trifing matter; an object of contempt.

Scrub :: Scrub (a.) Mean; dirty; contemptible; scrubby.

Askew :: Askew (adv. & a.) Awry; askance; asquint; oblique or obliquely; -- sometimes indicating scorn, or contempt, or entry..

Byword :: Byword (n.) The object of a contemptuous saying.

Scornful :: Scornful (a.) Full of scorn or contempt; contemptuous; disdainful.

Geck :: Geck (n.) Scorn, derision, or contempt..

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

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

Puppet :: Puppet (n.) One controlled in his action by the will of another; a tool; -- so used in contempt.

Mesprise :: Mesprise (n.) Contempt; scorn.

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