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Fling :: Fling (n.) A severe or contemptuous remark; an expression of sarcastic scorn; a gibe; a sarcasm.

Cub :: Cub (v. t. & i.) To bring forth; -- said of animals, or in contempt, of persons..

Kern :: Kern (n.) A light-armed foot soldier of the ancient militia of Ireland and Scotland; -- distinguished from gallowglass, and often used as a term of contempt..

Muck :: Muck (n.) Money; -- in contempt.

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..

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

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..

Flunky :: Flunky (n.) A contemptuous name for a liveried servant or a footman.

Pride :: Pride (n.) The quality or state of being proud; inordinate self-esteem; an unreasonable conceit of one's own superiority in talents, beauty, wealth, rank, etc., which manifests itself in lofty airs, distance, reserve, and often in contempt of others..

Despite :: Despite (n.) Malice; malignity; spite; malicious anger; contemptuous hate.

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

Scurvy :: Scurvy (n.) Vile; mean; low; vulgar; contemptible.

Poltroon :: Poltroon (a.) Base; vile; contemptible; cowardly.

Fleer :: Fleer () To make a wry face in contempt, or to grin in scorn; to deride; to sneer; to mock; to gibe; as, to fleer and flout..

Thing :: Thing (n.) A diminutive or slighted object; any object viewed as merely existing; -- often used in pity or contempt.

Litter :: Litter (v. t.) To give birth to; to bear; -- said of brutes, esp. those which produce more than one at a birth, and also of human beings, in abhorrence or contempt..

Swaddling :: Swaddler (n.) A term of contempt for an Irish Methodist.

Tilly-vally :: Tilly-vally (interj., adv., or a.) A word of unknown origin and signification, formerly used as expressive of contempt, or when anything said was reject as trifling or impertinent..

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

Frump :: Frump (n.) A contemptuous speech or piece of conduct; a gibe or flout.

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