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 →

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 →
• The proud king contemned his people's advice. tree →
• Some people contemn others who are weaker than they are. tree →

note

nothing for maths.

In the corpora

• For there is a trial; and what if it contemn even the rod?
• For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and the covetous vaunteth himself, though he contemn the LORD.
• Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God, and say in his heart: 'Thou wilt not require'?
• Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the Most High.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «contemn» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.