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| 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: | Ignorance. |
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"ignorance never settles a question" [Disraeli]; quantum animis erroris inest! [Ovid]; "small Latin and less Greek" [B. Jonson]; "that unlettered small-knowing soul" [Love's Labor's Lost]; "there is no darkness but
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| Antonyms: | knowledge |
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| Concept: | Oblivion. |
| Category: | 1. To the Past |
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non mi ricordo; the memory failing, the memory deserting one, being at (or in) fault.
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| Antonyms: | memory |
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| Concept: | Inattention. |
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the attention wanders; one's wits gone a woolgathering, one's wits gone a bird's nesting; it never entered into one's head; the mind running on other things; one's thoughts being elsewhere; had it been a bear it would have bitten you. [more]
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| Antonyms: | attention |
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