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contempt

noun

1 contempt

Lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike:
— He was held in contempt.

synonyms: despite, disdain, scorn.

Roget 856: ridicule, derision; sardonic smile, sardonic grin; irrision; scoffing etc. (disrespect) 929; mockery, quiz, banter, irony, ... show more

Roget 930: contempt, disdain, scorn, sovereign contempt; despisal, despiciency; despisement; vilipendency, contumely; slight, sneer, spurn, by-word; ... show more

Dutch: ongenoegen, verachting
Polish: pogarda, wzgarda

2 contempt

A manner that is generally disrespectful and contemptuous.

synonym: disrespect.

Polish: pogardzenie, wzgardzenie

3 contempt

Open disrespect for a person or thing.

synonym: scorn.

Dutch: depreciatie, dédain, geringschatting, laatdunkendheid, minachting, verachting

4 contempt

A willful disobedience to or disrespect for the authority of a court or legislative body.

Dutch: minachting


Moby thesaurus: abhorrence, abjuration, abjurement, affront, antipathy, arrogance, aspersion, atrocity, audacity, aversion, bold front, boldness, brash bearing, brashness, brassiness, bravado, brazenfacedness, brazenness, brickbat, bumptiousness ... show more.

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