Uttal

  • UttalUS
  • Okänd accent:
    • IPA: /kənˈtɛm/
ÖversättningKontext
Verb
1.küçümsemekarkaistisk

Definitioner

Verb

  1. (archaic) To disdain; to value at little or nothing; to treat or regard with contempt.
  2. (legal) To commit an offence of contempt, such as contempt of court; to unlawfully flout (e.g. a ruling).

Exempel

  • [...] I was perturbed by the suspicion that the anguish of love contemned was alloyed in her broken heart with the pangs, sordid to my young mind, of wounded vanity.

Böjningsformer

PerfektparticipcontemnedPerfektparticipcontemn'd
ImperfektcontemnedImperfektcontemn'd
PresensparticipcontemningTredje person singular indicativ presenscontemns
Tredje person singular indicativ presenscontemneth