Meanings of contemned by in English

Neglected and contemned by his country, he embarked for the East Indies.

It is better to die than to be suspected and contemned by my great and worshipped king.

Finally, two domestic animals dear to man, the cat and the dog, are generally contemned by the mystics.

The movement in which these men are engaged has too many elements of strength to be contemned by any far-seeing liberal.

As he was but of mean extraction, he met with no respect, and was contemned by his subjects in the beginning of his reign.

They have their source in the generation before them, generally in a small minority, neglected or contemned by the great majority which adopt them later.

I considered myself discarded and contemned by my family; and had solemnly vowed never to own relationship to them, until they themselves should claim it.