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vilipend

verb as in undervalue

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Example Sentences

But with what consistency, my lord Bishop, do you to-day vaunt “the principles” of the very men whom yesterday you vilipended precisely because their “principles” then seemed to yourself so utterly unsatisfactory?

Courage is needed in the profession and maintenance of the true and the right, when denied, assailed, or vilipended.

One Richard Hunt was summoned for certain articles implying contempt, and for vilipending his lordship's jurisdiction.

We are used to see, that Man despises What he never comprehends, And the Good and the Beautiful vilipends, Finding them often hard to measure: Will the dog, like man, snarl his displeasure?

He would be a thin spirit who should gain a lady's friendly regard, and then vilipend because she knew no better, or could not choose.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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