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

Frump :: Frump (n.) A contemptuous speech or piece of conduct; a gibe or flout.

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

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.

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

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

Paddy :: Paddy (n.) A jocose or contemptuous name for an Irishman.

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

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..

Contumelious :: Contumelious (a.) Exhibiting contumely; rudely contemptuous; insolent; disdainful.

Bullirag :: Bullirag (n.) To intimidate by bullying; to rally contemptuously; to badger.

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

Cit :: Cit (n.) A citizen; an inhabitant of a city; a pert townsman; -- 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..

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.

Cockney :: Cockney (n.) A native or resident of the city of London; -- used contemptuously.

Bantling :: Bantling (n.) A young or small child; an infant. [Slightly contemptuous or depreciatory..

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..

Hoot :: Hoot (v. t.) To assail with contemptuous cries or shouts; to follow with derisive shouts.

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

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