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Ludicrous :: Ludicrous (a.) Adapted to excite laughter, without scorn or contempt; sportive..

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

Versemonger :: Versemonger (n.) A writer of verses; especially, a writer of commonplace poetry; a poetaster; a rhymer; -- used humorously or in contempt..

Tolerable :: Tolerable (a.) Moderately good or agreeable; not contemptible; not very excellent or pleasing, but such as can be borne or received without disgust, resentment, or opposition; passable; as, a tolerable administration; a tolerable entertainment; a tolerable translation..

Puff :: Puff (v. t.) To repel with words; to blow at contemptuously.

Indignity :: Indignity (n.) Any action toward another which manifests contempt for him; an offense against personal dignity; unmerited contemptuous treatment; contumely; incivility or injury, accompanied with insult..

Humph :: Humph (interj.) An exclamation denoting surprise, or contempt, doubt, etc..

Flout :: Flout (v. i.) To practice mocking; to behave with contempt; to sneer; to fleer; -- often with at.

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

Maw :: Maw (n.) A stomach; the receptacle into which food is taken by swallowing; in birds, the craw; -- now used only of the lower animals, exept humorously or in contempt..

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

Tripe :: Tripe (n.) The entrails; hence, humorously or in contempt, the belly; -- generally used in the plural..

Dandyling :: Dandyling (n.) A little or insignificant dandy; a contemptible fop.

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

Nag :: Nag (n.) A paramour; -- in contempt.

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

Despisable :: Despisable (a.) Despicable; contemptible.

Cur :: Cur (n.) A worthless, snarling fellow; -- used in contempt..

Libel :: Libel (n.) A malicious publication expressed either in print or in writing, or by pictures, effigies, or other signs, tending to expose another to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule. Such publication is indictable at common law..

Snuff :: Snuff (n.) Resentment, displeasure, or contempt, expressed by a snuffing of the nose..

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