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Defy :: Defy (v. t.) To provoke to combat or strife; to call out to combat; to challenge; to dare; to brave; to set at defiance; to treat with contempt; as, to defy an enemy; to defy the power of a magistrate; to defy the arguments of an opponent; to defy public opinion..

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

Disdain :: Disdain (v. t.) That which is worthy to be disdained or regarded with contempt and aversion.

Hoot :: Hoot (v. t.) To assail with contemptuous cries or shouts; to follow with derisive shouts.

Flout :: Flout (v. t.) To mock or insult; to treat with contempt.

Trample :: Trample (v. t.) Fig.: To treat with contempt and insult.

Ah :: Ah (interj.) An exclamation, expressive of surprise, pity, complaint, entreaty, contempt, threatening, delight, triumph, etc., according to the manner of utterance..

Frippery :: Frippery (a.) Trifling; contemptible.

Hang-by :: Hang-by (n.) A dependent; a hanger-on; -- so called in contempt.

Shoeing-horn :: Shoeing-horn (n.) Anything by which a transaction is facilitated; a medium; -- by way of contempt.

Paddy :: Paddy (n.) A jocose or contemptuous name for an Irishman.

Consistorian :: Consistorian (a.) Pertaining to a Presbyterian consistory; -- a contemptuous term of 17th century controversy.

Jade :: Jade (n.) A young woman; -- generally so called in irony or slight contempt.

Disdain :: Disdain (v. t.) A feeling of contempt and aversion; the regarding anything as unworthy of or beneath one; scorn.

Puritan :: Puritan (n.) One who is scrupulous and strict in his religious life; -- often used reproachfully or in contempt; one who has overstrict notions.

Fico :: Fico (n.) A fig; an insignificant trifle, no more than the snap of one's thumb; a sign of contempt made by the fingers, expressing. A fig for you..

Flirt :: Flirt (v. t.) To jeer at; to treat with contempt; to mock.

Versemonger :: Versemonger (n.) A writer of verses; especially, a writer of commonplace poetry; a poetaster; a rhymer; -- used humorously or in contempt..

Contemptuous :: Contemptuous (a.) Manifesting or expressing contempt or disdain; scornful; haughty; insolent; disdainful.

Lamentable :: Lamentable (a.) Miserable; pitiful; paltry; -- in a contemptuous or ridiculous sense.

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