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
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
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
At last, a thought struck him, that it could be no other than that contemner of all legal authority, Philip Harley.
From The Rival Crusoes The Ship Wreck also A Voyage to Norway; and The Fisherman's Cottage. by Agnes Strickland
"Alas! how soon our best resolutions pass away!—he was in a blessed frame for departure but now, and in two minutes he has become a contemner of authorities."
From Quentin Durward by Sir Walter Scott
