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Definition of contemn

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"

Similar Words: despise, scorn, disdain

Derivational Morphology: contempt, disdain, scorn, despite, sneerer, scorner, despisal, despising

Anagrams: comment

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