con·temn 
(kən-tĕm)
(kən-tĕm)tr.v. con·temned, con·temn·ing, con·temns
To view with contempt; despise. See Synonyms at despise.
[Middle English contempnen, to slight, from Latin contemnere : com-, intensive pref.; see COM- + temnere, to despise.]
con·temner (-tĕmər, -tĕmnər) n.