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Momier

A name given in contempt to strict Calvinists in Switzerland France and some parts of Germany in the early part of the 19th

Jenkins

A name of contempt for a flatterer of persons high in social or official life as the Jenkins employed by a newspaper

Grimace

A distortion of the countenance whether habitual from affectation or momentary and occasional to express some feeling as contempt disapprobation complacency etc a smirk a made up face

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Hang by

A dependent a hanger on so called in contempt

Hoity toity

to assume hoity toity airs used also as an exclamation denoting surprise or disapprobation with some degree of contempt

Mockery

The act of mocking deriding and exposing to contempt by mimicry by insincere imitation or by a false show of earnestness a counterfeit appearance

Humph

An exclamation denoting surprise or contempt doubt etc

Impudent

Behaving boldly with contempt or disregard for propriety in behavior toward others unblushingly forward impertinent saucy

Indignity

Any action toward another which manifests contempt for him an offense against personal dignity unmerited contemptuous treatment contumely incivility or injury accompanied with insult

Hoot

To cry out or shout in contempt

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