Thesaurus / contemn
FEEDBACKHow to use contemn in a sentence
What we seriously object to and actively contemn—yea, bitterly denounce—is the nose of her.
THE FIEND'S DELIGHTDOD GRILEWe covet superfluous things, when it were more honour for us if we would contemn necessary.
DISCOVERIES MADE UPON MEN AND MATTERBEN JONSONTo refuse "the reconciliation" is to contemn the death in which the Sinless One was made sin on our behalf.
EXPOSITOR'S BIBLE: THE SECOND EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANSJAMES DENNEYCrafty men contemn studies; simple men admire them; and wise men use them.
THE HISTORY, THEORY, AND PRACTICE OF ILLUMINATINGM. DIGBY WYATTWherefore we are asked two things—to contemn the Jew and accept the symphony as a manifestation of tremendous genius.
RICHARD WAGNERJOHN F. RUNCIMANThe dregs and draffy part, disgrace and jealousie, I scorn thee; and contemn thee.Ru.
BEAUMONT & FLETCHER'S WORKS (8 OF 10)FRANCIS BEAUMONTSuch as stubbornly contemn all godly admonition and obstinately remain to their iniquity cannot be accounted amongst the faithful.
THE HISTORY OF THE REFORMATION OF RELIGION IN SCOTLANDJOHN KNOXLeave it to miserable fools, to contemn the wisdom of the Most High.
A CHRISTIAN DIRECTORY (VOLUME 1 OF 4)RICHARD BAXTERI do not ask that you should pity these women with whom I have to deal, still less that you should contemn them.
SHE STANDS ACCUSEDVICTOR MACCLUREReward my temperance with some lawful favour, Though you contemn my person.
THE PLAYS OF PHILIP MASSINGERPHILIP MASSINGERWORDS RELATED TO CONTEMN
- bantering
- chaffing
- contemning
- detracting
- disdaining
- disparaging
- dissing
- doing a number on
- dumping on
- flouting
- gibing
- jeering
- jollying
- kidding
- knocking
- laughing at
- louting
- mocking
- panning
- pooh-poohing
- putting down
- quizzing
- ragging
- rallying
- razzing
- ribbing
- ridiculing
- roasting
- scoffing
- scorning
- slamming
- sneering
- taunting
- twitting
- abhor
- abominate
- antipathize
- avoid
- be allergic to
- be averse to
- be turned off to
- bear malice toward
- condemn
- contemn
- deplore
- despise
- detest
- disapprove
- disesteem
- disfavor
- disrelish
- eschew
- execrate
- grossed out on
- have hard feelings
- have no stomach for
- have no taste for
- loathe
- look down on
- lose interest in
- make faces at
- mind
- not appreciate
- not care for
- not endure
- not feel like
- not take kindly to
- object to
- regret
- resent
- scorn
- shudder at
- shun
- abhors
- abominates
- antipathizes
- avoids
- be turns off to
- bears malice toward
- condemns
- contemns
- deplores
- despises
- detests
- disapproves
- disesteems
- disfavors
- disrelishes
- eschews
- execrates
- grosses out on
- has hard feelings
- has no stomach for
- has no taste for
- is allergic to
- is averse to
- loathes
- looks down on
- loses interest in
- makes faces at
- minds
- not appreciates
- not cares for
- not endures
- not feels like
- not takes kindly to
- objects to
- regrets
- resents
- scorns
- shudder at
- shuns
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