contemn

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"Did not William Blake contemn reason and paint the ghost of a flea?"

From Time Magazine Archive

We can scarcely find words sufficiently strong to contemn the heinous practice, so prevalent with low-minded people, of repeating to their friends whatever they hear to their disadvantage.

From The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book by Leslie, Eliza

Vile as these motives seem, they are too near akin to the general springs of human action for us to contemn them.

From A Trip to Cuba by Howe, Julia Ward

Speaking contemptuously of him, I but contemn nothing.

From Satires And Profanities by Foote, G. W. (George William)

"If you contemn my thanks, then I, poor orphan, have no other way to show my gratitude."

From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk