😒contemn (kənˈtɛm)

verb
/kənˈtɛm/
mépriser (mépriser)

Signification

to treat or regard with disdain, scorn, or contempt
Traduction de la signification
traiter ou considérer avec dédain, mépris ou dégoût
trater o konsidérer avɛk dedɛ̃, mepʁi o deɡu

Phrases d'exemple

He would never contemn honest work, no matter how humble.

Il ne mépriserait jamais un travail honnête, peu importe à quel point il est modeste.
Il ne mépriserait jamais un travail honnête, peu importe à quel point il est modeste.

Synonymes

despise, scorn, disdain, deride, spurn

Antonymes

respect, honor, admire

Collocations

contemn authority, contemn tradition, openly contemn, silently contemn

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