- (n.) Extreme and lofty contempt; haughty disregard; that disdain which springs from the opinion of the utter meanness and unworthiness of an object.
- (n.) To treat with extreme contempt; to make the object of insult; to mock; to scoff at; to deride.
- (v.i.) To scoff; to mock; to show contumely, derision or reproach; to act disdainfully.
- (n.) An object of extreme disdain, contempt or derision.
- (n.) To hold in extreme contempt; to reject as unworthy of regard; to despise; to contemn; to disdain.
- (n.) An act or expression of extreme contempt.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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