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

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  1. v. t. To view or treat with contempt, as mean and despicable; to reject with disdain; to despise; to scorn.
  2. v. look down on with disdain
  3. To view or treat with contempt, as mean and despicable; to reject with disdain; to despise; to scorn. Thy pompous delicacies I contemn. Milton. One who contemned divine and human laws. Dryden. 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.
  4. To view or treat with contempt, as mean and despicable; toreject with disdain; to despise; to scorn.Thy pompous delicacies I contemn. Milton.One who contemned divine and human laws. Dryden.
  5. v. look down on with disdain