extreme and lofty contempt; haughty disregard; that disdain which springs from the opinion of the utter meanness and unworthiness of an object.-an act or expression of extreme contempt.-an object of extreme disdain, contempt, or derision.-to hold in extreme contempt; to reject as unworthy of regard; to despise; to contemn; to disdain.-to treat with extreme contempt; to make the object of insult; to mock; to scoff at; to deride.-to scoff; to mock; to show contumely, derision, or reproach; to act disdainfully.