Mots en English pour 'To express contempt.'
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- showing your contempt by derision
- a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
- humorous or satirical mimicry
- Something so lacking in necessary qualities as to inspire ridicule; a laughing-stock.
- Mimicry, imitation, now usually in a derogatory sense; a travesty, a ridiculous simulacrum.
- The action of mocking; ridicule, derision.
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- utter with anger or contempt
- expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth
- drive a skewer through
- rain gently
- (intransitive) To make a spitting sound, like an angry cat.
- (ambitransitive) To evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
- (transitive, dialectal) To dig (something) using a spade; also, to turn (the soil) using a plough.
- (transitive) To use a spit to cook; to attend to food that is cooking on a spit.
- (transitive) To impale on a spit; to pierce with a sharp object.
- (transitive, slang, hip-hop) To rap, to utter.
- (transitive, dialectal) To plant (something) using a spade.
- (ambitransitive) To emit or expel in a manner similar to evacuating saliva from the mouth.
- (intransitive, slang, humorous) (in the form spitting) To spit facts; to tell the truth.
- (ambitransitive) To utter (something) violently.
- (intransitive, dialectal) To dig, to spade.
- (impersonal) To rain or snow slightly.
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- the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva)
- a clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands of the mouth; moistens the mouth and starts the digestion of starches
- a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea
- a skewer for holding meat over a fire
- Likeness; used, usually in set phrases (see spitting image) of a person who exactly resembles someone else.
- (geography) A generally low, narrow, pointed, usually sandy peninsula or bar.
- (countable) An instance of spitting; specifically, a light fall of rain or snow.
- A thin metal or wooden rod on which meat is skewered for cooking, often over a fire.
- (uncountable) Synonym of slam (“card game”).
- (uncountable) Saliva, especially when expectorated.
- The depth to which the blade of a spade goes into the soil when it is used for digging; a layer of soil of the depth of a spade's blade.
- The amount of soil that a spade holds; a spadeful.
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- utter with anger or contempt
- spit up in an explosive manner
- discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth
- (transitive) To rap; to repeat verses passionately or intensely.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see spit, out.
- (transitive) To say scornfully.
- (transitive) To say reluctantly (see also spit it out).
- (transitive) To eject.
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- reject with contempt
- refuse entrance or membership
- not accept as true
- not accept something given or offered
- deem wrong or inappropriate
- resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ
- dismiss from consideration or a contest
- (transitive) To refuse a romantic advance.
- (basketball) To block a shot, especially if it sends the ball off the court.
- (transitive) To refuse to accept; to forswear.
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- reject with contempt
- make lower or quieter
- refuse entrance or membership
- not accept as true
- take a downward direction
- (idiomatic) To refuse, decline, or deny.
- (idiomatic) To reposition by turning, flipping, etc. in a downward direction; to double or fold down.
- (idiomatic) To reduce the power, etc. of something by means of a control, such as the volume, heat, or light.
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- Despising or holding in contempt; disdain, scorn.
- (uncountable) In full misprision of felony or misprision of treason: originally, a less serious form of felony or treason; later, the crime of (intentionally) failing to give information about a felony or treason that one knows about; (countable) an instance of this.
- (uncountable) Criminal neglect or wrongful execution of duty, especially by a public official; (countable) a specific instance of this.
- (uncountable) Incorrect or unfair suspicion; (countable) an instance of this.
- (uncountable) Misinterpretation or misunderstanding; (countable) an instance of this; a mistake.
- Not seeing the value in something; undervaluing.
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- (transitive) To reject with contempt.
- (transitive) To reject the ideas or beliefs of (a person).
- (Scotland) To pour forth a liquid forcibly, especially excrement; to cause a liquid to gush.
- (transitive, intransitive) To explore a wide terrain, as if on a search.
- (intransitive) To scoff.
- (transitive) To observe, watch, or look for, as a scout; to follow for the purpose of observation, as a scout.
- explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody
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- (informal) A term of address for a man or boy.
- (Oxford University, modern) A housekeeper or domestic cleaner, generally female, employed by one of the constituent colleges of Oxford University to clean rooms; generally equivalent to a modern bedder at Cambridge University.
- The guillemot.
- (historical, UK, up until 1920s) A fighter aircraft.
- A member of any number of youth organizations belonging to the international scout movement, such as the Boy Scouts of America or Girl Scouts of the United States.
- (radiography) A preliminary image that allows the technician to make adjustments before the actual diagnostic images.
- (UK, cricket) A fielder in a game for practice.
- (Oxford University, Harvard University, Yale University, historical) A domestic servant, generally male, who would attend (usually several) students in a variety of ways, including cleaning; generally equivalent to a gyp at Cambridge University or a skip at Trinity College, Dublin.
- A person employed to monitor rivals' activities in the petroleum industry.
- A person who assesses or recruits others; especially, one who identifies promising talent on behalf of a sports team.
- A person sent out to gather and bring back information; especially, one employed in war to gain information about the enemy and ground.
- An act of scouting or reconnoitering.
- a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
- someone employed to discover and recruit talented persons (especially in the worlds of entertainment or sports)
- someone who can find paths through unexplored territory
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- (historical, specifically) A slightly tart, jelly-like food of Welsh origin, made from extensively boiling oats, then boiling down the liquid extracted from it.
- Deceptive or blustering speech.
- Pretentious trappings, useless ornaments used to impress.
- Empty or meaningless talk, especially when used to flatter.
- A custard; any of several bland, gelatinous foodstuffs, usually made from stewed fruit and thickened with oatmeal, cornstarch or flour.
- a bland custard or pudding especially of oatmeal
- meaningless ceremonies and flattery
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- (informal) An elitist or snobbish person.
- A language pedant or snob; one who practices linguistic elitism.
- (dialectal or slang, chiefly derogatory) A nose or snout.
- (Internet slang, childish, humorous) Snout; especially of a dog ("doggo"), cat ("catto"), or snake ("snek").
- (theater, photography) A cylindrical or conical attachment used on a spotlight to restrict spill light.
- informal terms for the nose
- a person regarded as arrogant and annoying
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- To repel with words; to blow at contemptuously.
- To cause to swell or dilate; to inflate.
- To inflate with pride, flattery, self-esteem, etc.; often with up.
- To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated.
- To blow as an expression of scorn.
- (intransitive) To emit smoke, gas, etc., in puffs.
- To praise with exaggeration; to flatter; to call public attention to by praises; to praise unduly.
- To drive with a puff, or with puffs.
- To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner; hence, to assume importance.
- (intransitive) To pant.
- make proud or conceited
- speak in a blustering or scornful manner
- breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
- suck in or take (air)
- to swell or cause to enlarge
- smoke and exhale strongly
- praise extravagantly
- blow hard and loudly
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- (uncountable) The ability to breathe easily while exerting oneself.
- A puffball.
- (uncountable, slang) The drug cannabis.
- (countable) A flamboyant or alluring statement of praise.
- (countable) A small quantity of gas or smoke in the air.
- (countable) A sudden but small gust of wind, smoke, etc.
- (genetics) A region of a chromosome exhibiting a local increase in diameter.
- A portion of fabric gathered up so as to be left full in the middle.
- (derogatory, chiefly Northern England, slang) Synonym of poof: a gay man; especially one who is effeminate.
- (informal, countable) An act of inhaling smoke from a cigarette, cigar or pipe.
- A powder puff.
- (countable) A sharp exhalation of a small amount of breath through the mouth.
- (countable) A light cake filled with cream, cream cheese, etc.
- a short light gust of air
- exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes)
- a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skin
- a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)
- bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together
- thick cushion used as a seat
- forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth
- a light inflated pastry or puff shell
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- the act of deriding or treating with contempt
- language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate
- The quality of being ridiculous; ridiculousness.
- An object of sport or laughter; a laughing stock.
- (now historical and regional) A small woman's handbag; a reticule.
- Derision; mocking or humiliating words or behavior.
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- A fico, a contemptuous gesture.
- A Lady Finger banana, also known as the "fig banana", (cultivar of Musa acuminata)
- Abbreviation of figure (“diagram or illustration”).
- A small piece of tobacco.
- The fruit of the fig tree, pear-shaped and containing many small seeds.
- A fruit-bearing tree or shrub of the genus Ficus that is native mainly to the tropics.
- The value of a fig, practically nothing; a fico; a whit.
- The piece of ginger root used in figging.
- a diagram or picture illustrating textual material
- Mediterranean tree widely cultivated for its edible fruit
- fleshy sweet pear-shaped yellowish or purple multiple fruit eaten fresh or preserved or dried
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- showing your contempt by derision
- a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
- humorous or satirical mimicry
- Something so lacking in necessary qualities as to inspire ridicule; a laughing-stock.
- Mimicry, imitation, now usually in a derogatory sense; a travesty, a ridiculous simulacrum.
- The action of mocking; ridicule, derision.
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verb
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- Despising or holding in contempt; disdain, scorn.
- (uncountable) In full misprision of felony or misprision of treason: originally, a less serious form of felony or treason; later, the crime of (intentionally) failing to give information about a felony or treason that one knows about; (countable) an instance of this.
- (uncountable) Criminal neglect or wrongful execution of duty, especially by a public official; (countable) a specific instance of this.
- (uncountable) Incorrect or unfair suspicion; (countable) an instance of this.
- (uncountable) Misinterpretation or misunderstanding; (countable) an instance of this; a mistake.
- Not seeing the value in something; undervaluing.
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noun
noun
- the act of deriding or treating with contempt
- language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate
- The quality of being ridiculous; ridiculousness.
- An object of sport or laughter; a laughing stock.
- (now historical and regional) A small woman's handbag; a reticule.
- Derision; mocking or humiliating words or behavior.
verb
noun
- A fico, a contemptuous gesture.
- A Lady Finger banana, also known as the "fig banana", (cultivar of Musa acuminata)
- Abbreviation of figure (“diagram or illustration”).
- A small piece of tobacco.
- The fruit of the fig tree, pear-shaped and containing many small seeds.
- A fruit-bearing tree or shrub of the genus Ficus that is native mainly to the tropics.
- The value of a fig, practically nothing; a fico; a whit.
- The piece of ginger root used in figging.
- a diagram or picture illustrating textual material
- Mediterranean tree widely cultivated for its edible fruit
- fleshy sweet pear-shaped yellowish or purple multiple fruit eaten fresh or preserved or dried
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- utter with anger or contempt
- expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth
- drive a skewer through
- rain gently
- (intransitive) To make a spitting sound, like an angry cat.
- (ambitransitive) To evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
- (transitive, dialectal) To dig (something) using a spade; also, to turn (the soil) using a plough.
- (transitive) To use a spit to cook; to attend to food that is cooking on a spit.
- (transitive) To impale on a spit; to pierce with a sharp object.
- (transitive, slang, hip-hop) To rap, to utter.
- (transitive, dialectal) To plant (something) using a spade.
- (ambitransitive) To emit or expel in a manner similar to evacuating saliva from the mouth.
- (intransitive, slang, humorous) (in the form spitting) To spit facts; to tell the truth.
- (ambitransitive) To utter (something) violently.
- (intransitive, dialectal) To dig, to spade.
- (impersonal) To rain or snow slightly.
noun
- the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva)
- a clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands of the mouth; moistens the mouth and starts the digestion of starches
- a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea
- a skewer for holding meat over a fire
- Likeness; used, usually in set phrases (see spitting image) of a person who exactly resembles someone else.
- (geography) A generally low, narrow, pointed, usually sandy peninsula or bar.
- (countable) An instance of spitting; specifically, a light fall of rain or snow.
- A thin metal or wooden rod on which meat is skewered for cooking, often over a fire.
- (uncountable) Synonym of slam (“card game”).
- (uncountable) Saliva, especially when expectorated.
- The depth to which the blade of a spade goes into the soil when it is used for digging; a layer of soil of the depth of a spade's blade.
- The amount of soil that a spade holds; a spadeful.
verb
- utter with anger or contempt
- spit up in an explosive manner
- discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth
- (transitive) To rap; to repeat verses passionately or intensely.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see spit, out.
- (transitive) To say scornfully.
- (transitive) To say reluctantly (see also spit it out).
- (transitive) To eject.
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adj
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- reject with contempt
- refuse entrance or membership
- not accept as true
- not accept something given or offered
- deem wrong or inappropriate
- resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ
- dismiss from consideration or a contest
- (transitive) To refuse a romantic advance.
- (basketball) To block a shot, especially if it sends the ball off the court.
- (transitive) To refuse to accept; to forswear.
noun
verb
noun
verb
- reject with contempt
- make lower or quieter
- refuse entrance or membership
- not accept as true
- take a downward direction
- (idiomatic) To refuse, decline, or deny.
- (idiomatic) To reposition by turning, flipping, etc. in a downward direction; to double or fold down.
- (idiomatic) To reduce the power, etc. of something by means of a control, such as the volume, heat, or light.
verb
- (transitive) To reject with contempt.
- (transitive) To reject the ideas or beliefs of (a person).
- (Scotland) To pour forth a liquid forcibly, especially excrement; to cause a liquid to gush.
- (transitive, intransitive) To explore a wide terrain, as if on a search.
- (intransitive) To scoff.
- (transitive) To observe, watch, or look for, as a scout; to follow for the purpose of observation, as a scout.
- explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody
noun
- (informal) A term of address for a man or boy.
- (Oxford University, modern) A housekeeper or domestic cleaner, generally female, employed by one of the constituent colleges of Oxford University to clean rooms; generally equivalent to a modern bedder at Cambridge University.
- The guillemot.
- (historical, UK, up until 1920s) A fighter aircraft.
- A member of any number of youth organizations belonging to the international scout movement, such as the Boy Scouts of America or Girl Scouts of the United States.
- (radiography) A preliminary image that allows the technician to make adjustments before the actual diagnostic images.
- (UK, cricket) A fielder in a game for practice.
- (Oxford University, Harvard University, Yale University, historical) A domestic servant, generally male, who would attend (usually several) students in a variety of ways, including cleaning; generally equivalent to a gyp at Cambridge University or a skip at Trinity College, Dublin.
- A person employed to monitor rivals' activities in the petroleum industry.
- A person who assesses or recruits others; especially, one who identifies promising talent on behalf of a sports team.
- A person sent out to gather and bring back information; especially, one employed in war to gain information about the enemy and ground.
- An act of scouting or reconnoitering.
- a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
- someone employed to discover and recruit talented persons (especially in the worlds of entertainment or sports)
- someone who can find paths through unexplored territory
verb
noun
- (informal) An elitist or snobbish person.
- A language pedant or snob; one who practices linguistic elitism.
- (dialectal or slang, chiefly derogatory) A nose or snout.
- (Internet slang, childish, humorous) Snout; especially of a dog ("doggo"), cat ("catto"), or snake ("snek").
- (theater, photography) A cylindrical or conical attachment used on a spotlight to restrict spill light.
- informal terms for the nose
- a person regarded as arrogant and annoying
verb
- To repel with words; to blow at contemptuously.
- To cause to swell or dilate; to inflate.
- To inflate with pride, flattery, self-esteem, etc.; often with up.
- To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated.
- To blow as an expression of scorn.
- (intransitive) To emit smoke, gas, etc., in puffs.
- To praise with exaggeration; to flatter; to call public attention to by praises; to praise unduly.
- To drive with a puff, or with puffs.
- To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner; hence, to assume importance.
- (intransitive) To pant.
- make proud or conceited
- speak in a blustering or scornful manner
- breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
- suck in or take (air)
- to swell or cause to enlarge
- smoke and exhale strongly
- praise extravagantly
- blow hard and loudly
noun
- (uncountable) The ability to breathe easily while exerting oneself.
- A puffball.
- (uncountable, slang) The drug cannabis.
- (countable) A flamboyant or alluring statement of praise.
- (countable) A small quantity of gas or smoke in the air.
- (countable) A sudden but small gust of wind, smoke, etc.
- (genetics) A region of a chromosome exhibiting a local increase in diameter.
- A portion of fabric gathered up so as to be left full in the middle.
- (derogatory, chiefly Northern England, slang) Synonym of poof: a gay man; especially one who is effeminate.
- (informal, countable) An act of inhaling smoke from a cigarette, cigar or pipe.
- A powder puff.
- (countable) A sharp exhalation of a small amount of breath through the mouth.
- (countable) A light cake filled with cream, cream cheese, etc.
- a short light gust of air
- exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes)
- a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skin
- a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)
- bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together
- thick cushion used as a seat
- forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth
- a light inflated pastry or puff shell