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| 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
- 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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