- 1. v. t. To view or treat with contempt, as mean and despicable; to reject with disdain; to despise; to scorn. Source: opted
- 2. v. look down on with disdain Source: wordnet
- 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. Source: webster
- 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. Source: adambom
- 5. v. look down on with disdain Source: ecdict
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