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Spurn :: Spurn (v. i.) To manifest disdain in rejecting anything; to make contemptuous opposition or resistance.

Jacquerie :: "Jacquerie (n.) The name given to a revolt of French peasants against the nobles in 1358, the leader assuming the contemptuous title, Jacques Bonhomme, given by the nobles to the peasantry. Hence, any revolt of peasants..

Missy :: Missy (n.) An affectionate, or contemptuous, form of miss; a young girl; a miss..

Contempt :: Contempt (n.) Disobedience of the rules, orders, or process of a court of justice, or of rules or orders of a legislative body; disorderly, contemptuous, or insolent language or behavior in presence of a court, tending to disturb its proceedings, or impair the respect due to its authority..

Snag :: Snag (n.) A tooth projecting beyond the rest; contemptuously, a broken or decayed tooth..

Consistorian :: Consistorian (a.) Pertaining to a Presbyterian consistory; -- a contemptuous term of 17th century controversy.

Flunky :: Flunky (n.) A contemptuous name for a liveried servant or a footman.

Fling :: Fling (n.) A severe or contemptuous remark; an expression of sarcastic scorn; a gibe; a sarcasm.

Rebec :: Rebec (n.) A contemptuous term applied to an old woman.

Medley :: Medley (n.) A mixture; a mingled and confused mass of ingredients, usually inharmonious; a jumble; a hodgepodge; -- often used contemptuously..

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

Beggar :: Beggar (n.) One who is dependent upon others for support; -- a contemptuous or sarcastic use.

Belittle :: Belittle (v. t.) To make little or less in a moral sense; to speak of in a depreciatory or contemptuous way.

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

Hooker :: Hooker (n.) A sailor's contemptuous term for any antiquated craft.

Sir :: Sir (n.) An English rendering of the LAtin Dominus, the academical title of a bachelor of arts; -- formerly colloquially, and sometimes contemptuously, applied to the clergy..

Squarish :: Square-toes (n.) A precise person; -- used contemptuously or jocularly.

Revile :: Revile (v. t. & i.) To address or abuse with opprobrious and contemptuous language; to reproach.

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

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

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