contemn

English - Turkish

Definition of contemn in English Turkish dictionary

adam yerine koymamak

küçük görmek

{f} küçümsemek

{f} hor görmek

{f} adamdan saymamak

Related Terms

contemner

(isim) mahkemeye itaatsizlik yapan kimse

contemner

{i} mahkemeye itaatsizlik yapan kimse

English - English

Definition of contemn in English English dictionary

{v} to despise, scorn, neglect, defy

To view or treat with contempt, as mean and despicable; to reject with disdain; to despise; to scorn

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

To treat or regard with contempt

{f} despise, treat with contempt

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"

Related Terms

contemner

One who contemns, who displays contempt towards another

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.

contemner

{n} a despiser, scorner, scoffer, defies

contemned

past of contemn

contemner

A person who displays contempt towards another

contemner

{i} person who despises, scornful person

contemner

One who contemns; a despiser; a scorner

contemning

present participle of contemn

contemns

third-person singular of contemn

Hyphenation

con·temn

Synonyms

scorn, disdain, hate

Etymology

[ k&n-'tem ] (transitive verb.) 15th century. Middle English contempnen, from Middle French contempner, from Latin contemnere, from com- + temnere to despise.

Tenses

contemns, contemning, contemned