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Redshank :: Redshank (n.) A bare-legged person; -- a contemptuous appellation formerly given to the Scotch Highlanders, in allusion to their bare legs..

Shoeing-horn :: Shoeing-horn (n.) Anything by which a transaction is facilitated; a medium; -- by way of contempt.

Counter :: Counter (v. t.) Money; coin; -- used in contempt.

But :: But (v. t.) A person at whom ridicule, jest, or contempt is directed; as, the butt of the company..

Sneer :: Sneer (v. i.) To inssinuate contempt by a covert expression; to speak derisively.

Curtain :: Curtain (n.) A flag; an ensign; -- in contempt.

Fie :: Fie (interj.) An exclamation denoting contempt or dislike. See Fy.

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

Rhymery :: Rhymery (n.) The art or habit of making rhymes; rhyming; -- in contempt.

Despite :: Despite (n.) An act of malice, hatred, or defiance; contemptuous defiance; a deed of contempt..

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..

Kit :: Kit (m.) A group of separate parts, things, or individuals; -- used with whole, and generally contemptuously; as, the whole kit of them..

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

Mockery :: Mockery (n.) Insulting or contemptuous action or speech; contemptuous merriment; derision; ridicule.

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

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

Affront :: Affront (n.) Contemptuous or rude treatment which excites or justifies resentment; marked disrespect; a purposed indignity; insult.

Sequester :: Sequester (v. t.) To separate from the owner for a time; to take from parties in controversy and put into the possession of an indifferent person; to seize or take possession of, as property belonging to another, and hold it till the profits have paid the demand for which it is taken, or till the owner has performed the decree of court, or clears himself of contempt; in international law, to confiscate..

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

Despisingly :: Despisingly (adv.) Contemptuously.

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