Contemner
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Contemner is a noun meaning One who contemns, who displays contempt towards another.
Meaning
One who contemns, who displays contempt towards another.
Example Sentences
Præsumptuous violators or contemners of the sabbath or holie exercises /.
I have read a fiery gospel writ in burnished rows of steel: / “As ye deal with my contemners, so with you my grace shall deal; / […] ”
From all of which Isabel gathered that Lord Warburton was a nobleman of the newest pattern, a reformer, a radical, a contemner of ancient ways.
Word Forms
- contemners
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include disdainer, denigrator, profaner, abominator, deprecator, disrespector.
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