contemn
verb
[ kənˈtɛm ]
• treat or regard with contempt.
• "it lay in Deronda's nature usually to contemn the feeble"
Similar:
despise,
scorn,
treat with contempt,
feel contempt for,
look down on,
disdain,
slight,
undervalue,
disregard,
deride,
scoff/jeer at,
mock,
revile,
spurn,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin contemnere, from con- (expressing intensive force) + temnere ‘despise’.
