contemn
pronunciation
How to pronounce contemn in British English:
UK [kən'tem]
How to pronounce contemn in American English:
US [kən'tem]
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- Verb:
- look down on with disdain
Word Origin
- contemn (v.)
- mid-15c., from Old French contemner (15c.), from Latin contemnere "to despise, scorn" (see contempt).
Example
- 1. I contemn the people who treat children so cruelly .
- 2. Crafty men contemn studies ; simple men admire them ; and wise men use them .
- 3. It is a brave act of valor to contemn death ; but where life is more terrible than death , it is then the truest valor to dare to live .
- 4. Wherefore doth the wicked contemn god ? He hath said in his heart , thou wilt not require it .
- 5. It is a audacious act of valour to contemn death ; but where life is more atrocious than death , it is then the truest valour to dare to alive .