Contempt in Malayalam
പുച്ഛം (pucham) is contempt or scorn, a curled lip put into a noun. Say it puch-cham, holding the ch. It is current in speech and writing alike.
Most common translation
Contempt, scorn, abhorrence, decision.
അവന് എന്റെ വാക്കുകളെ പുച്ഛത്തോടെ തള്ളി.
avan ente vaakkukale puchathode thalli.
He dismissed my words with contempt.
All Malayalam words for “contempt”
- പുച്ഛം (pucham) — Contempt, scorn, abhorrence, decision.
- എരിച്ചില് (erichil) — Burning, heat, (fig) anger, contempt.
- ഇവറ്റ (ivatta) — These (people, things spoken in contempt.).
- വൈരാഗ്യം (vairaagyam) — Lack of affection or affinity, detachment, disgust, contempt esp. of worldliness, hatred, state of an ascetic.
പുച്ഛം (pucham) is plain contempt; എരിച്ചില് (erichil) is burning resentment rather than cold scorn; വൈരാഗ്യം (vairaagyam) brings in disgust with the world; ഇവറ്റ (ivatta) is a dismissive pronoun used when speaking of people or things contemptuously.
Common questions
What is contempt in Malayalam?
പുച്ഛം (pucham).
Is there a word that shows contempt by itself?
Yes, ഇവറ്റ (ivatta) is a dismissive form for these people or things, and using it signals scorn without stating it.