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Contemned
- verb - look down on with disdain; "He despises the people he has to work for"; "The professor scorns the students who don't catch on immediately"
Contemner
- - One who contemns; a despiser; a scorner.
Contemper
- - To modify or temper; to allay; to qualify; to moderate; to soften.
Contempts
- noun - a manner that is generally disrespectful and contemptuous
- a willful disobedience to or disrespect for the authority of a court or legislative body
- lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike; "he was held in contempt"; "the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary"
- open disrespect for a person or thing
Contended
- verb - be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight; "the tribesmen fought each other"; "Siblings are always fighting"; "Militant groups are contending for control of the country"
- come to terms with; "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day"
- compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others
- have an argument about something
- maintain or assert; "He contended that Communism had no future"
- to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation; "They contested the outcome of the race"
Contender
- noun - the contestant you hope to defeat; "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing"
Contented
- verb - make content; "I am contented"
- satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are; "a contented smile"
- satisfy in a limited way; "He contented himself with one glass of beer per day"
Contested
- verb - disputed or made the object of contention or competition; "a contested election"
- to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation; "They contested the outcome of the race"
Contestee
- noun - a winner (of a race or an election etc.) whose victory is contested