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C1noun

le mépris

contempt

« Il a regardé son adversaire avec mépris. »

“He looked at his opponent with contempt.”

In other languages

Spanish desprecio
Portuguese desprezo
German Verachtung
Italian disprezzo
Arabic الازدراء

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