侮蔑

Reading

Kana: ぶべつ

Romaji: bubetsu

Definition

noun

vs

1

scorn; disdain; contempt; slight

Kanji

侮

Readings: ブ、 あなど.る、 あなず.る

Meanings: scorn, despise, make light of, contempt

蔑

Readings: ベツ、 ないがしろ、 なみ.する、 くらい、 さげす.む

Meanings: ignore, despise, neglect, ridicule

Example Sentence

家(いえ)では赤味(あかみ)がかった髪(かみ)とそばかすのせいで、母(はは)が侮蔑(ぶべつ)を込(こ)めて「にんじん」と名付(なづ)け、皆(みな)にもそう呼(よ)ばせています。

➥At home, because of his reddish hair and freckles, his mother scornfully named him "carrot" and had everybody else call him that.