contemn

[Con*temn·]

Look down on with disdain

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To view or treat with contempt, as mean and despicable; to reject with disdain; to despise; to scorn.

Verb
look down on with disdain; "He despises the people he has to work for"; "The professor scorns the students who don''t catch on immediately"

v. t.
To view or treat with contempt, as mean and despicable; to reject with disdain; to despise; to scorn.

Contemn

Con*temn" , v. t. [imp. & p.p. Contemned ; p.pr. & vb.n. Contemning (? ∨ ?).] [L. contemnere, -temptum; con- + temnere to slight, despise: cf. OF. contemner.] To view or treat with contempt, as mean and despicable; to reject with disdain; to despise; to scorn.

Thy pompous delicacies I contemn.

One who contemned divine and human laws.

Syn. -- To despise; scorn; disdain; spurn; slight; neglect; underrate; overlook. -- To Contemn, Despise, Scorn, Disdain. Contemn is the generic term, and is applied especially to objects, qualities, etc., which are deemed contemptible, and but rarely to individuals; to despise is to regard or treat as mean, unbecoming, or worthless; to scorn is stronger, expressing a quick, indignant contempt; disdain is still stronger, denoting either unwarrantable pride and haughtiness or an abhorrence of what is base.

To view or treat with contempt, as mean and despicable; to reject with disdain; to despise; to scorn.

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