contemned
Treated with disdain
Contemned is the past tense of contemn, a formal or literary verb meaning to treat with contempt or scorn—to despise or disdain utterly.
The word appears mostly in older texts and legal or religious contexts: He contemned the court's authority.
It shares a root with contempt but sounds more archaic than simply saying someone was despised or scorned.
Intensely disliked, held contemptible
- loathedIntensely hated
- disdainedRegarded with contempt
- abhorredFelt intense revulsion toward
- detestedIntensely disliked
reviled · scorned · vilified · execrated · abominated · anathematized · disesteemed · looked down upon
despised
Intensely disliked, held contemptible
detested · reviled · scorned · vilified · execrated · abominated · anathematized · disesteemed · looked down upon · derided
spurned
Rejected with contempt
- shunnedPersistently avoided socially
- repudiatedFormally rejected or denied
- ostracizedExcluded from a group
cast out · excluded · snubbed · rebuffed · dismissed · disowned · forsaken · abandoned · outcast · pariah