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# contemn

«contemn» in Mova's school dictionary: **To look down on something as worthless; to scorn or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (contemns, contemned, contemning) old use

### meaning for a pupil

(old use) To look down on something as worthless; to scorn or despise it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contemn/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in fairy tales, a proud person looks down on wise advice or on the humble: the proud king contemned the warnings.

### examples

- Do not contemn the small and humble, for they may help you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contemn/#x1)
- The proud king contemned his people's advice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contemn/#x2)
- Some people contemn others who are weaker than they are. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contemn/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths.

### In the corpora

- [For there is a trial; and what if it contemn even the rod?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.518/)
- [For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and the covetous vaunteth himself, though he contemn the LORD.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.120/)
- [Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God, and say in his heart: 'Thou wilt not require'?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.130/)
- [Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the Most High.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1965/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «contemn» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contemn/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.