1.
to despise, to scorn, to look down on
To regard someone or something as inferior or unworthy of respect, often with contempt.
人を蔑むな。
Don't look down on people.
蔑むような目で見られた。
I was looked at with contemptuous eyes.
彼は貧しい人たちを蔑んでいる。
He despises poor people.
弱者を蔑む社会は健全ではない。
A society that scorns the weak is not healthy.
蔑む expresses contempt or looking down on someone.
TRANSITIVITY:
- Type: 他動詞 (transitive)
REGISTER:
Fairly formal or literary; the casual equivalent would be 馬鹿にする or 見下す.
COMMON PATTERNS:
- 人を蔑む: to despise someone
- 蔑むような目: contemptuous eyes
- 蔑んだ態度: scornful attitude
RELATED:
- 蔑にする: to neglect, to disregard
- 侮蔑: contempt, disdain (noun)
- 見下す: to look down on