n-tem]
| to treat or regard with disdain, scorn, or contempt. |
con·temn (kən-těm') tr.v. con·temned, con·temn·ing, con·temns To view with contempt; despise. See Synonyms at despise. [Middle English contempnen, to slight, from Latin contemnere : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + temnere, to despise.] con·temn'er (-těm'ər, -těm'nər) n. |