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Tun :: Tun (n.) A drunkard; -- so called humorously, or in contempt..

Tempting :: Tempting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Temp.

Thou :: Thou (v. t.) To address as thou, esp. to do so in order to treat with insolent familiarity or contempt..

Tempt :: Tempt (v. t.) To put to trial; to prove; to test; to try.

Picador :: Picador (n.) A horseman armed with a lance, who in a bullfight receives the first attack of the bull, and excites him by picking him without attempting to kill him..

Kit :: Kit (m.) A group of separate parts, things, or individuals; -- used with whole, and generally contemptuously; as, the whole kit of them..

Shrimp :: Shrimp (v.) Figuratively, a little wrinkled man; a dwarf; -- in contempt..

Attemptable :: Attemptable (a.) Capable of being attempted, tried, or attacked..

Ribibe :: Ribibe (n.) An old woman; -- in contempt.

Hiss :: Hiss (v. t.) To condemn or express contempt for by hissing.

Precipitous :: Precipitous (a.) Hasty; rash; quick; sudden; precipitate; as, precipitous attempts..

Poor :: Poor (superl.) Worthy of pity or sympathy; -- used also sometimes as a term of endearment, or as an expression of modesty, and sometimes as a word of contempt..

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

Fly :: Fly (v. i.) To run from danger; to attempt to escape; to flee; as, an enemy or a coward flies. See Note under Flee..

Rhymer :: Rhymer (n.) One who makes rhymes; a versifier; -- generally in contempt; a poor poet; a poetaster.

Bench Warrant :: Bench warrant () A process issued by a presiding judge or by a court against a person guilty of some contempt, or indicted for some crime; -- so called in distinction from a justice's warrant..

Contemptible :: Contemptible (a.) Worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean; vile; despicable.

Correct :: Correct (v. t.) To bring back, or attempt to bring back, to propriety in morals; to reprove or punish for faults or deviations from moral rectitude; to chastise; to discipline; as, a child should be corrected for lying..

Insolence :: Insolence (n.) The quality of being insolent; pride or haughtiness manifested in contemptuous and overbearing treatment of others; arrogant contempt; brutal impudence.

Haughty :: Haughty (superl.) Disdainfully or contemptuously proud; arrogant; overbearing.

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