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Definition of Contemn
1. Verb. Look down on with disdain. "Sam cannot contemn Sue "; "The professor scorns the students who don't catch on immediately"
Generic synonyms: Detest, Hate
Specialized synonyms: Look Down On
Derivative terms: Despisal, Despising, Disdain, Scorn, Scorn, Scorner
Definition of Contemn
1. v. t. To view or treat with contempt, as mean and despicable; to reject with disdain; to despise; to scorn.
Definition of Contemn
1. Verb. To disdain; to value at little or nothing; to treat or regard with contempt. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Contemn
1. to scorn [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: scorn
Lexicographical Neighbors of Contemn
Literary usage of Contemn
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The anatomy of melancholy, by Democritus iunior by Robert Burton (1838)
"... away al occasions from others to jest at, or contemn. Ml they may perceive
thee to be careless of it. Vatinius was wont to srt at his own deformed feet, ..."
2. A Selection of English Synonyms by Elizabeth Jane Whately, Richard Whately (1860)
"To contemn' is less commonly used than its conjugate noun, contempt. ...
To contemn' is rather different in ita meaning, both from ' to despise' and also ..."
3. Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions by Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers (1853)
"For though I do contemn report myself As amere sound, I still will be so tender
Of what concerns ... Then for revenge, by great souls it was ever contemn'd, ..."
4. Prayers of the Ages by Caroline Snowden Guild (1868)
"/contemn riches, and thou shalt be rich; con- ^-' temn glory, and thou shalt be
glorious; contemn injuries, and thou shalt be a conqueror; contemn rest, ..."
5. Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books by William Blackstone (1876)
"... in falling at last a sacrifice to those laws, which long impunity has taught
him to contemn. CHAPTER II. OF THE PERSONS CAPABLE OF COMMITTING CRIMES. ..."
6. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Burton (1862)
"... humour of them all, to contemn death, to wish for death, to confront death in
this case, Quippe queis nee fera, nee ignis, ..."
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