(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If you feel ~ for someone or something, you dislike them because you think that they are inferior or unimportant.
Janet looked at him with ~...
= contempt, scorn
N-UNCOUNT: oft N for n
2.
If you ~ someone or something, you regard them with ~.
Jackie ~ed the servants that her millions could buy.
VERB: V n