transitive verb
( contemned ; contemned -təmd ; contemning -temiŋ sometimes -temniŋ ; contemns )
Etymology: Middle English contempnen, from Middle French contempner, contemner, from Latin contemnere, from com- + temnere to slight, despise — more at stamp
: to view or treat with contempt as mean and despicable : reject with disdain : despise , scorn
those who have contemned its visual art — David Sylvester
Synonyms: see despise