侮蔑(ぶべつ)

ぶべつ
noun, suru-verb
contempt, disdain, scorn
1. contempt, disdain, scorn
A feeling or attitude of regarding someone or something as inferior, worthless, or beneath consideration.
侮蔑(ぶべつ)の目(め)で見(み)る。
To look at with contempt.
相手(あいて)を侮蔑(ぶべつ)するような態度(たいど)。
An attitude that shows contempt for the other person.
侮蔑(ぶべつ)を込(こ)めた笑(わら)い。
A laugh filled with disdain.
人(ひと)を侮蔑(ぶべつ)するような発言(はつげん)は許(ゆる)されない。
Remarks that show contempt for others are not acceptable.

侮蔑(ぶべつ) is a formal word expressing contempt or disdain.

USAGE:

  • 侮蔑(ぶべつ)する: to despise, to scorn (suru-verb)
  • 侮蔑(ぶべつ)の目(め): contemptuous eyes
  • 侮蔑(ぶべつ)的(てき): contemptuous, disdainful

REGISTER:
Formal and literary; commonly used in writing.

RELATED:

  • 蔑(さげす)む: to despise (verb)
  • 軽蔑(けいべつ): contempt, scorn (more common)
  • 見下(みくだ)す: to look down on
  • 蔑視(べっし): disdain, contempt
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