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Contemptible :: Contemptible (a.) Insolent; scornful; contemptuous.

Flirt :: Flirt (v. i.) To utter contemptuous language, with an air of disdain; to jeer or gibe..

Hooker :: Hooker (n.) A sailor's contemptuous term for any antiquated craft.

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

Fy :: Fy (interj.) A word which expresses blame, dislike, disapprobation, abhorrence, or contempt. See Fie..

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

Smile :: Smile (v. i.) To express slight contempt by a look implying sarcasm or pity; to sneer.

Bantling :: Bantling (n.) A young or small child; an infant. [Slightly contemptuous or depreciatory..

Despiteful :: Despiteful (a.) Full of despite; expressing malice or contemptuous hate; malicious.

Sequester :: Sequester (v. t.) To separate from the owner for a time; to take from parties in controversy and put into the possession of an indifferent person; to seize or take possession of, as property belonging to another, and hold it till the profits have paid the demand for which it is taken, or till the owner has performed the decree of court, or clears himself of contempt; in international law, to confiscate..

Spurn :: Spurn (v. t.) To reject with disdain; to scorn to receive or accept; to treat with contempt.

Sophist :: Sophist (n.) One of a class of men who taught eloquence, philosophy, and politics in ancient Greece; especially, one of those who, by their fallacious but plausible reasoning, puzzled inquirers after truth, weakened the faith of the people, and drew upon themselves general hatred and contempt..

Impudent :: Impudent (a.) Bold, with contempt or disregard; unblushingly forward; impertinent; wanting modesty; shameless; saucy..

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

Clan :: Clan (n.) A clique; a sect, society, or body of persons; esp., a body of persons united by some common interest or pursuit; -- sometimes used contemptuously..

License :: License (n.) Excess of liberty; freedom abused, or used in contempt of law or decorum; disregard of law or propriety..

Derider :: Derider (n.) One who derides, or laughs at, another in contempt; a mocker; a scoffer..

Snub :: Snub (v. t.) To treat with contempt or neglect, as a forward or pretentious person; to slight designedly..

Putty-faced :: Putty-faced (a.) White-faced; -- used contemptuously.

Fling :: Fling (n.) A trifing matter; an object of contempt.

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