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Insolence :: Insolence (n.) The quality of being insolent; pride or haughtiness manifested in contemptuous and overbearing treatment of others; arrogant contempt; brutal impudence.

Contemningly :: Contemningly (adv.) Contemptuously.

Despisingly :: Despisingly (adv.) Contemptuously.

Countercaster :: Countercaster (n.) A caster of accounts; a reckoner; a bookkeeper; -- used contemptuously.

Forsooth :: Forsooth (adv.) In truth; in fact; certainly; very well; -- formerly used as an expression of deference or respect, especially to woman; now used ironically or contemptuously..

Spawn :: Spawn (v. i.) To issue, as offspring; -- used contemptuously..

Contemptuousness :: Contemptuousness (n.) Disposition to or manifestion of contempt; insolence; haughtiness.

Doughface :: Doughface (n.) A contemptuous nickname for a timid, yielding politician, or one who is easily molded..

Putty-faced :: Putty-faced (a.) White-faced; -- used contemptuously.

Fig :: Fig (n.) To insult with a fico, or contemptuous motion. See Fico..

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

Brat :: Brat (n.) A child; an offspring; -- formerly used in a good sense, but now usually in a contemptuous sense..

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

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..

Despiteous :: Despiteous (a.) Feeling or showing despite; malicious; angry to excess; cruel; contemptuous.

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.

Reproach :: Reproach (v. t.) To attribute blame to; to allege something disgraceful against; to charge with a fault; to censure severely or contemptuously; to upbraid.

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

Contemptuously :: Contemptuously (adv.) In a contemptuous manner; with scorn or disdain; despitefully.

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

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