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Shaveling :: Shaveling (n.) A man shaved; hence, a monk, or other religious; -- used in contempt..

Disdain :: Disdain (v. i.) To be filled with scorn; to feel contemptuous anger; to be haughty.

Bullirag :: Bullirag (n.) To intimidate by bullying; to rally contemptuously; to badger.

Sneer :: Sneer (v. i.) To inssinuate contempt by a covert expression; to speak derisively.

Reproach :: Reproach (v. t.) To attribute blame to; to allege something disgraceful against; to charge with a fault; to censure severely or contemptuously; to upbraid.

Shame :: Shame (n.) Reproach incurred or suffered; dishonor; ignominy; derision; contempt.

Libelous :: Libelous (a.) Containing or involving a libel; defamatory; containing that which exposes some person to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule; as, a libelous pamphlet..

Confederate :: Confederate (n.) A name designating an adherent to the cause of the States which attempted to withdraw from the Union (1860-1865).

Stormed :: Storm (n.) A violent assault on a fortified place; a furious attempt of troops to enter and take a fortified place by scaling the walls, forcing the gates, or the like..

Despiteous :: Despiteous (a.) Feeling or showing despite; malicious; angry to excess; cruel; contemptuous.

Whipstitch :: Whipstitch (n.) A tailor; -- so called in contempt.

Despect :: Despect (n.) Contempt.

Tit :: Tit (n.) A woman; -- used in contempt.

Contumely :: Contumely (n.) Rudeness compounded of haughtiness and contempt; scornful insolence; despiteful treatment; disdain; contemptuousness in act or speech; disgrace.

Copy :: Copy (n.) To imitate; to attempt to resemble, as in manners or course of life..

Siege :: Siege (n.) Hence, a continued attempt to gain possession..

Sauciness :: Sauciness (n.) The quality or state of being saucy; that which is saucy; impertinent boldness; contempt of superiors; impudence.

Veto :: Veto (n.) A power or right possessed by one department of government to forbid or prohibit the carrying out of projects attempted by another department; especially, in a constitutional government, a power vested in the chief executive to prevent the enactment of measures passed by the legislature. Such a power may be absolute, as in the case of the Tribunes of the People in ancient Rome, or limited, as in the case of the President of the United States. Called also the veto power..

Contumelious :: Contumelious (a.) Exhibiting contumely; rudely contemptuous; insolent; disdainful.

Pulpiteer :: Pulpiteer (n.) One who speaks in a pulpit; a preacher; -- so called in contempt.

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