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Contempt People N Scorn Disdain Heavyweight Boxer Looked

Word contempt
Part of Speech N.
Definition scorn; disdain.
Sentence The heavyweight boxer looked on ordinary people with contempt, scorning them as weaklings who couldn't hurt a fly.  We thought it was contemptible of him to be contemptuous of people for being weak.

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