Contemning ppl. a.

[f. as prec. + -ING².] That contemns; scornful.

1709.  Brit. Apollo, II. No. 1. 3/1. And with Contemning Silence pass me by.

1905.  Seumas MacManus, Woman of Seven Sorrows, 19. From that proud hour till this sad one, contemning laugh of friend, and sneer of foe, the world’s despite and rankling pity, he kept his vow inviolate.