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Definition of contemn in English: contemnverbkənˈtɛmkənˈtɛm [with object]archaic Treat or regard with contempt. it lay in Deronda's nature usually to contemn the feeble Example sentencesExamples - We dread both to be contemptible and to be contemned.
- And viciously contemning the Church more often than not entails a disdainful sidelong glance at the benighted faithful who persist in allegiance to her.
- Who is more contemned than he who clings stubbornly to old moral insights?
- While it may be that a person's contemning an order made in the main action would be strong evidence of deliberate frustration, it does not automatically follow that it is.
- When he balks, she reminds him that ‘No Lover should his Mistriss Pray'rs withstand: / Yet you contemn my absolute Command ’.
Synonyms despise, scorn, treat with contempt, feel contempt for, look down on, disdain, slight, undervalue, disregard, deride, scoff/jeer at, mock, revile, spurn
Derivatives nounkənˈtɛmnəkənˈtɛmə archaic So, disobedience alone will not make the alleged contemner liable for contempt. Example sentencesExamples - The judgment has also not found any motive on the part of the contemners to threaten the Judges.
- The offending publication was not made by the contemners in ignorance of the consequences.
- Judges are enjoined to extend to an alleged contemner the same rights accorded to an accused.
- As ye deal with my contemners, So with you my grace shall deal
Origin Late Middle English: from Latin contemnere, from con- (expressing intensive force) + temnere 'despise'. Rhymes ahem, Belém, Clem, condemn, crème de la crème, em, gem, hem, Jem, LibDem, phlegm, pro tem, rem, Shem, stem, them Definition of contemn in US English: contemnverbkənˈtemkənˈtɛm [with object]archaic Treat or regard with contempt. it lay in Deronda's nature usually to contemn the feeble Example sentencesExamples - When he balks, she reminds him that ‘No Lover should his Mistriss Pray'rs withstand: / Yet you contemn my absolute Command ’.
- We dread both to be contemptible and to be contemned.
- Who is more contemned than he who clings stubbornly to old moral insights?
- While it may be that a person's contemning an order made in the main action would be strong evidence of deliberate frustration, it does not automatically follow that it is.
- And viciously contemning the Church more often than not entails a disdainful sidelong glance at the benighted faithful who persist in allegiance to her.
Synonyms despise, scorn, treat with contempt, feel contempt for, look down on, disdain, slight, undervalue, disregard, deride, jeer at, scoff at, mock, revile, spurn
Origin Late Middle English: from Latin contemnere, from con- (expressing intensive force) + temnere ‘despise’. |