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Detest :: Detest (v. t.) To hate intensely; to abhor; to abominate; to loathe; as, we detest what is contemptible or evil..

Ranter :: Ranter (n.) One of the Primitive Methodists, who seceded from the Wesleyan Methodists on the ground of their deficiency in fervor and zeal; -- so called in contempt..

Scornful :: Scornful (a.) Full of scorn or contempt; contemptuous; disdainful.

Tread :: Tread (v. t.) To crush under the foot; to trample in contempt or hatred; to subdue.

Mock :: Mock (n.) An act of ridicule or derision; a scornful or contemptuous act or speech; a sneer; a jibe; a jeer.

Wretched :: Wretched (a.) Hatefully contemptible; despicable; wicked.

Profane :: Profane (a.) Treating sacred things with contempt, disrespect, irreverence, or undue familiarity; irreverent; impious..

Prune :: Prune (v. i.) To dress; to prink; -used humorously or in contempt.

Whigling :: Whigling (n.) A petty or inferior Whig; -- used in contempt.

Medley :: Medley (n.) A mixture; a mingled and confused mass of ingredients, usually inharmonious; a jumble; a hodgepodge; -- often used contemptuously..

Pettifogulize :: Pettifogulize (v. i.) To act as a pettifogger; to use contemptible tricks.

Slight :: Slight (n.) The act of slighting; the manifestation of a moderate degree of contempt, as by neglect or oversight; neglect; indignity..

Poh :: Poh (interj.) An exclamation expressing contempt or disgust; bah .

Pretty :: Pretty (superl.) Mean; despicable; contemptible; -- used ironically; as, a pretty trick; a pretty fellow..

Cry :: Cry (v. i.) A pack or company of persons; -- in contempt.

Cur :: Cur (n.) A worthless, snarling fellow; -- used in contempt..

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

Gibe :: Gibe (v. i.) To reproach with contemptuous words; to deride; to scoff at; to mock.

Violation :: Violation (n.) An act of irreverence or desecration; profanation or contemptuous treatment of sacred things; as, the violation of a church..

Pooh :: Pooh (interj.) Pshaw! pish! nonsense! -- an expression of scorn, dislike, or contempt..

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