regard+with+contempt

  • 31despise — verb To regard with contempt or scorn. Syn: scorn Ant: respect, revere See Also: despect, despection …

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  • 32look down on — (smb) regard with contempt or a feeling of superiority She looks down on the activities and life of most small towns …

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  • 33contemn — [kən tɛm] verb archaic treat or regard with contempt. Derivatives contemner tɛmə, tɛmnə noun Origin ME: from L. contemnere, from con (expressing intensive force) + temnere despise …

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  • 34look down upon — Despise, contemn, spurn, regard with contempt …

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  • 35look down on — we never understood why Papa looked down on the Italian families in our building Syn: disdain, scorn, regard with contempt, look down one s nose at, sneer at, despise …

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  • 36despise — de•spise [[t]dɪˈspaɪz[/t]] v. t. spised, spis•ing to regard with contempt or disdain; scorn • Etymology: 1250–1300; ME < OF despis , s. of despire < L dēspicere; see despicable de•spis′a•ble, adj. de•spis′er, n …

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  • 37abhor — [v] regard with contempt or disgust abominate, be allergic to*, be down on*, be grossed out by*, despise, detest, hate, have no use for*, loathe, scorn; concept 29 Ant. admire, adore, approve, cherish, desire, enjoy, like, love, relish …

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  • 38look down one's nose at — To regard with contempt • • • Main Entry: ↑look look down one s nose at To look at in a supercilious or condescending way • • • Main Entry: ↑nose * * * another way of saying look down on …

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  • 39biblical literature — Introduction       four bodies of written works: the Old Testament writings according to the Hebrew canon; intertestamental works, including the Old Testament Apocrypha; the New Testament writings; and the New Testament Apocrypha.       The Old… …

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  • 40Russia — /rush euh/, n. 1. Also called Russian Empire. Russian, Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Cap.: St. Petersburg (1703 1917). 2. See Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 3. See Russian… …

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