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contempt
[ kuhn-tempt ]
noun
- the feeling with which a person regards anything considered mean, vile, or worthless; disdain; scorn.
- the state of being despised; dishonor; disgrace.
- Law.
- willful disobedience to or open disrespect for the rules or orders of a court contempt of court or legislative body.
- an act showing such disrespect.
contempt
/ əˈɛ /
noun
- the attitude or feeling of a person towards a person or thing that he considers worthless or despicable; scorn
- the state of being scorned; disgrace (esp in the phrase hold in contempt )
- wilful disregard of or disrespect for the authority of a court of law or legislative body
contempt of court
Other 51Թ Forms
- -Dz·ٱ noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of contempt1
Idioms and Phrases
see familiarity breeds contempt .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
"He knew the Met were treating anything I said with contempt. I was terrified of him, absolutely terrified of him," she said.
Fine was held in contempt of court and ordered to attend anger management courses late last year after he made obscene gestures at a judge.
"What contempt Westminster shows us, leaving us in Wales to second-guess the effect that these benefit cuts will have because Westminster refuses to tell us," said Delyth Jewell, Plaid MS for South Wales East.
The judge could hold specific Trump officials in contempt of court for defying his ruling, although the president himself has broad immunity from any legal repercussions for official acts while in office.
He drips contempt for people who are skeptical that an electromagnetic pulse will soon wipe out New York City, or disbelieve Barack Obama is about to be tried for treason.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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