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/kənˈtɛm/ · verb
(transitive, dated) To disdain; to value at little or nothing; to treat or regard with contempt..
The subject of the following History [...] is the unhappy Lives, and untimely Deaths, of that Unfortunate English King Edward the Second, and his two Favourites Gaveston and Spencer; for his immoderate love to whom, (Says Dr. Heylin) he was hated by the Nobles, and contemned by the Commons.
The change which had so suddenly elevated Charles Stuart to the throne of his ancestors, and, from a poor, wandering, and powerless exile, made him one of Europe's most powerful monarchs, had taken the various courts where he had sojourned, neglected, if not contemned, completely by surprise.
I was perturbed by the suspicion that the anguish of love contemned was alloyed in her broken heart with the pangs, sordid to my young mind, of wounded vanity.
Use contemn when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Contemn means (transitive, dated) To disdain; to value at little or nothing; to treat or regard with contempt..
Common synonyms include despise, scorn, disdain.
Possible antonyms include honor, respect, revere, venerate.
The subject of the following History [...] is the unhappy Lives, and untimely Deaths, of that Unfortunate English King Edward the Second, and his two Favourites Gaveston and Spencer; for his immoderate love to whom, (Says Dr. Heylin) he was hated by the Nobles, and contemned by the Commons.
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