Translation

軽蔑する / 見下す / 侮る

Meaning

Contemn means to treat someone or something with deep contempt: to despise, scorn, or regard as beneath respect. It is rare and literary; condemn is usually a different word.

Examples

• 彼は臆病さを深く軽蔑していた。
  He contemned cowardice.
• その評論家は、安易な感傷を侮った。
  The critic contemned easy sentimentality.