▪ I. contemning, vbl. n.
(kənˈtɛmɪŋ)
[f. contemn + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. contemn.
| 1570 R. Ascham Scholem. (Arb.) 54 To be lustie in contemning of others. 1612–15 Bp. Hall Contempl., O.T. xix. i, It is no contemning of a foyled enemy. 1749 Fielding Tom Jones i. i, His contemning of them as common and vulgar. |
▪ II. conˈtemning, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That contemns; scornful.
| 1709 Brit. Apollo II. No. 1. 3/1 And with Contemning Silence pass me by. |