Contemn (Verb)
Meaning
Look down on with disdain; "He despises the people he has to work for"; "The professor scorns the students who don't catch on immediately".
Classification
Verbs of feeling.
Examples
- The wealthy businessman learned to contemn those who were less fortunate financially, viewing them as inferior beings.
- She had secretly begun to contemn the man she was supposed to marry, disliking his treatment of the poor staff.
- Many successful artists eventually come to contemn the very same galleries that once provided them a platform for their work.
- In the elite circle, it was common to contemn anyone who wore anything other than designer clothing.
- Over time, he had grown to contemn the harsh treatment that was doled out to him by his father when he was a child.