Synonyms for contemn

Grammar : Verb

Spell : kuhn-tem

Phonetic Transcription : kənˈtɛm

Définition of contemn

Origin : mid-15c., from Old French contemner (15c.), from Latin contemnere "to despise, scorn" (see contempt).

verb despise

Example sentences :

Perhaps this may appear to you to be only an old wife's tale, which you will contemn.
Extract from : « Gorgias » by Plato

So it is with women: you should not contemn women because they rouse a devil in man.
Extract from : « The Soul of a People » by H. Fielding

I contemn the world when I think on it, and myself when I translate it.
Extract from : « Discourses on Satire and on Epic Poetry » by John Dryden

A religion,” said I, “in which you yourself do not believe, and which you contemn.
Extract from : « The Romany Rye » by George Borrow

There was, in truth, danger lest the Rhodians should contemn the Romans!
Extract from : « The History of Rome, Books 37 to the End » by Titus Livius

I determined to contemn and despise her; and steadily to refuse the interview.
Extract from : « Secresy » by E. (Eliza) Fenwick

I have a husband who makes war upon me because I contemn his bed and board.
Extract from : « Joan of the Sword Hand » by S(amuel) R(utherford) Crockett

Leave it to miserable fools, to contemn the wisdom of the Most High.
Extract from : « A Christian Directory (Volume 1 of 4) » by Richard Baxter

I do not ask that you should pity these women with whom I have to deal, still less that you should contemn them.
Extract from : « She Stands Accused » by Victor MacClure

Reward my temperance with some lawful favour, Though you contemn my person.
Extract from : « The Plays of Philip Massinger » by Philip Massinger

Antonyms for contemn

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