Contemn

/kənˈtɛm/

Synonyms for "contemn" (87 found)

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Verb(2 words)
abhorabjurebe abovebe contemptuous ofbrush asidecare nothing forcensurechuckchuck outcontradictdeclinedemeandenyderidedespisedisapprove

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hold cheaphold in contemptignoreinsultlook
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look down uponmisprizeneglectpass bypass uppatronizepush asideput downrank lowrebuffrecantrefuserefuse to considerrejectrenouncerepelrepudiaterepulseridiculescorn
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scoutset at naughtshove awayslightsnapsneersneer atsneeze atsniff atsnortsnort atspurnthink nothing ofthrow awaythrow outthumbtrampleturn awayturn outtwitwaive
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The subject of the following History [...] is the unhappy Lives, and untimely Deaths, of that Unfortunate English King Edward the Second, and his two Favourites Gaveston and Spencer; for his immoderate love to whom, (Says Dr. Heylin) he was hated by the Nobles, and contemned by the Commons.

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The change which had so suddenly elevated Charles Stuart to the throne of his ancestors, and, from a poor, wandering, and powerless exile, made him one of Europe's most powerful monarchs, had taken the various courts where he had sojourned, neglected, if not contemned, completely by surprise.

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I was perturbed by the suspicion that the anguish of love contemned was alloyed in her broken heart with the pangs, sordid to my young mind, of wounded vanity.

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