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Contemn Moderate

Contemn has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

look down on with disdain

"He despises the people he has to work for"

"The professor scorns the students who don't catch on immediately"

2

To disdain; to value at little or nothing; to treat or regard with contempt.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
hate
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
look down on
Rhyming Words
indemn solemn condemn unsolemn precondemn
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