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Contempt :: Contempt (n.) Disobedience of the rules, orders, or process of a court of justice, or of rules or orders of a legislative body; disorderly, contemptuous, or insolent language or behavior in presence of a court, tending to disturb its proceedings, or impair the respect due to its authority..

Pricklouse :: Pricklouse (n.) A tailor; -- so called in contempt.

Leer :: Leer (v. i.) To look with a leer; to look askance with a suggestive expression, as of hatred, contempt, lust, etc. ; to cast a sidelong lustful or malign look..

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

Sport :: Sport (n.) Mock; mockery; contemptuous mirth; derision.

Whoreson :: Whoreson (n.) A bastard; colloquially, a low, scurvy fellow; -- used generally in contempt, or in coarse humor. Also used adjectively..

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

Cub :: Cub (n.) Jocosely or in contempt, a boy or girl, esp. an awkward, rude, ill-mannered boy..

Corpse :: Corpse (n.) A human body in general, whether living or dead; -- sometimes contemptuously..

Puff :: Puff (v. t.) To repel with words; to blow at contemptuously.

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

Hiss :: Hiss (n.) A prolonged sound like that letter s, made by forcing out the breath between the tongue and teeth, esp. as a token of disapprobation or contempt..

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

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..

Fig :: Fig (n.) To put into the head of, as something useless o/ contemptible..

Starn :: Starmonger (n.) A fortune teller; an astrologer; -- used in contempt.

Sir :: Sir (n.) An English rendering of the LAtin Dominus, the academical title of a bachelor of arts; -- formerly colloquially, and sometimes contemptuously, applied to the clergy..

Maw :: Maw (n.) A stomach; the receptacle into which food is taken by swallowing; in birds, the craw; -- now used only of the lower animals, exept humorously or in contempt..

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

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

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