contemn
verb (used with object)
to treat or regard with disdain, scorn, or contempt.
contemner
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a word derived from
contemn.
Example Sentences
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The French songs of Prince Frederic, compositions certainly not deserving of preservation on account of their intrinsic merit, have been carefully preserved for us by this contemner of royalty.
From Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1 by Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
Since Charon in Lucian applauds his condition among the dead, whether it be handsomely said of Achilles, that living contemner of death, that he had rather be a ploughman's servant, than emperor of the dead?
From Religio Medici, Hydriotaphia, and the Letter to a Friend by Sir Thomas Browne
Prescott was a Puritan soldier, a seeker of liberty not license; fiercely rebellious against tyranny, but no contemner of moral law.
From The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 5, February, 1885 by Various
The collision of ideas driven together by Alvan and a duel—Alvan challengeing her father—Alvan, the contemner of the senseless appeal to arms for the settlement 'of personal disputes!— darkened her mind.
From The Tragic Comedians — Volume 3 by George Meredith
When she chose, she could be the awe-inspiring chaperon, no less completely than she was at other times the contemner of the commonplace.
From The Emancipated by George Gissing
