CONTEMN
\kəntˈɛm], \kəntˈɛm], \k_ə_n_t_ˈɛ_m]\
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look down on with disdain; "He despises the people he has to work for"; "The professor scorns the students who don't catch on immediately"
By Princeton University
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look down on with disdain; "He despises the people he has to work for"; "The professor scorns the students who don't catch on immediately"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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