| Concept: | Contempt. |
| Category: | 2. Moral sentiments |
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"a dismal universal hiss, the sound of public scorn" [Paradise Lost]; "I had rather be a dog and bay the moon than such a Roman" [Julius Caesar].
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| Antonyms: | respect |
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| Concept: | [Undue assumption of superiority.] Insolence. |
| Category: | 4. Extrinsic Affections |
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one's bark being worse than his bite; "beggars mounted run their horse to death" [Henry VI]; quid times? Caesarem vehis [Plutarch].
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| Antonyms: | servility |
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