Contempt

Word CONTEMPT
Character 8
Hyphenation con tempt
Pronunciations /kənˈtɛmpt/

Definitions and meanings of "Contempt"

What do we mean by contempt?

The feeling or attitude of regarding someone or something as inferior, base, or worthless; scorn. noun

The state of being despised or dishonored. noun

Open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority of a court of law or legislative body. noun

The act of despising; the feeling caused by what is considered to be mean, vile, or worthless; disdain; scorn for what is mean. noun

The state of being despised; shame; disgrace. noun

In law, disobedience to, or open disrespect of, the rules, orders, or process of a court or of a legislative assembly, or a disturbance or interruption of its proceedings: called in full, when used in relation to judicial authority, contempt of court. noun

The act of contemning or despising; the feeling with which one regards that which is esteemed mean, vile, or worthless; disdain; scorn. noun

The state of being despised; disgrace; shame. noun

An act or expression denoting contempt. noun

Disobedience of the rules, orders, or process of a court of justice, or of rules or orders of a legislative body; disorderly, contemptuous, or insolent language or behavior in presence of a court, tending to disturb its proceedings, or impair the respect due to its authority. noun

The state of contemning; the feeling or attitude of regarding someone or something as inferior, base, or worthless; scorn, disdain. noun

The state of being despised or dishonored; disgrace. noun

Open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority of a court of law or legislative body. noun

Open disrespect for a person or thing noun

A manner that is generally disrespectful and contemptuous noun

Lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike noun

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

The state or act of contemning; the feeling or attitude of regarding someone or something as inferior, base, or worthless; scorn, disdain.

The state of being despised or dishonored; disgrace.

Open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority of a court of law or legislative body.

1. A feeling or attitude that somebody or something is vile, inferior, or worthless; scorn or disdain. 2. In law, the display of disrespect or defiance of authority. Urban Dictionary

When someone (usually an opp) gets bitten on their eye by a mosquito and becomes dumbfounded. Urban Dictionary

The state of mind happily regarding everything as inferior, worthless, below your level ... blissful arrogance Urban Dictionary

To be as despicable. Urban Dictionary

Deserving contempt; despicable Urban Dictionary

That 1 in a trillion feeling after a mosquito sucks your eye for some bizarre reason. You feel utterly confused and cannot even formulate words. Urban Dictionary

A thread on a social media site used for collecting proof of a fictional character's limits. Used for arguing over who would win in a fight. Opposite of Respect Thread. Urban Dictionary

Noun: The passionless crime of neglecting one's vagina. The result is an unkept, fetid, malodorous vagina that is surrounded by tangled mange, often dotted with open oozing sores, and in serious need of douching. Urban Dictionary

What any decent person feels having discovered the difference between the public image of British Justice and the practical reality: huge costs; incompetent lawyers who still use photocopiers instead of electronic documents, complete disregard by the judge for prima facie cases of perjury, contempt of court (in one of the other senses), evidence tampering, and witness tampering, and the circular, self-supporting ramblings of the judgement. Urban Dictionary

Someone is doing something he/she thinks is important, while others does care or think it's not important Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Contempt

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The word "contempt" in example sentences

They make him express a vulgar scorn at Polonius which utterly degrades his gentility, and which no explanation can render palatable; they make him show contempt, and curl up the nose at Ophelia’s father, —contempt in its very grossest and most hateful form; but they get applause by it: it is natural, people say; that is, the words are scornful, and the actor expresses scorn, and that they can judge of: but why so much scorn, and of that sort, they never think of asking. ❋ Unknown (1909)

Perhaps as the American framers conceived of the operation of their system, a wide spread and deeply felt, national, sense of repugnance, a feeling that democratic and constitutional values are being held in contempt is enough in constitutional terms to self-define conduct as “high crime and misdemeanour.” ❋ Unknown (2007)

In hindsight, my contempt is actually mixed with pity. ❋ Unknown (2010)

You seem to find it easy to badmouth religion and tradition. your contempt is almost funny if you did not take it so serious. your posts are bullshit and you are bullshit. ❋ Unknown (2006)

A number of incidents lately made me realize that even we enlightened liberal types still fear that this contempt is a factor in our relationships, even when it's not. ❋ Unknown (2004)

On November 6 this year, Amnesty launched an international campaign to end what it described as contempt for human rights in ❋ Unknown (1996)

Public Prosecutor (Krause), who has been deeply offended by the slur cast upon his judgment through the orders from Pretoria to keep the accused in prison instead of out on bail, was more inclined to defend than to prosecute and showed an extraordinary desire to incriminate either the British Vice-Consul or the South African League for what he termed contempt of court in connection with the publication of certain affidavits in the _Star_. ' ❋ Unknown (1896)

The word "contempt" has become an important part of recent literature on relationships in the civilian world. ❋ Graeme Smith (2012)

Thus comes what I describe as his contempt for public opinion, and I do not think that is too strong a word. ❋ Unknown (2008)

And people don't like to be held in contempt, especially by those lowest of the low, politicians. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The poor fools, who hold science in contempt, have no ability to realize that science proves them wrong at every turn. ❋ Unknown (2010)

What subjects are you fit to prononunce upon, apart from your right to hold the public in contempt, as is obvious from your statement? ❋ Inspector Gadget (2009)

Caption: I am not Uncle Fester and the next person that refers to me as such will be held in contempt!! ❋ Unknown (2010)

CNN: Pentagon held in contempt for failing to tape Guantanamo detainee's testimony ❋ Unknown (2009)

If they continue to rebuff the oversight request, they could be found in contempt of Congress, the Mississippi Democrat said. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A federal court has held the Defense Department in contempt after officials at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, failed to videotape the testimony of a Yemeni detainee as ordered. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Don't you Conservatives wonder why the entire world holds you in contempt? ❋ Unknown (2010)

Lydia looked at her leech of a boyfriend in contempt; he'd lost his job, had no prospects, and begged her to quit her job at the club. She refused and told him to drop dead. [Rick Perry], [Michele] [Bachmann] and her husband have earned the contempt of much of the United States; even Santorum has taken on a new meaning. The wife-battering husband arrogantly flirted with female jurors, showing contempt to the court. ❋ Lorelili (2011)

Man like [Sanjay] is bare [contempted]. I heard a mosquito suckled upon his optical sphere and one's gangsterial capabilities have been compromised, [yuh dig]. ❋ Grall But Holy (2022)

John's contemptment was in [high gear] today as he [happily] poured [scorn] on everybody. ❋ Akula (2009)

I have [contempt] [for you] in [my mind]. ❋ Larstait (2003)

A [display] of contemptible [cowardice]. ❋ Amkjo001 (2012)

Man got [contempted], look at him. He [tried] to put a [table] on his food. ❋ Luke O'Niggley III (2022)

[Don't be daft], Superman has been taken out by people much weaker than [Thor]. Check out his [contempt thread]. ❋ MugaSofer (2017)

Keyless "That escort had one of the most putrid and polluted pussies I've ever been in the same room with." Josh "It looked like a scruffy sheep dog mutt trying to stick it's slobbering tongue out. It smelled like [Phil Margera's] briefs after a 5k in a [hot suit], 2 sharts, and a month spent in an abortion [clinic's] medical waste container that has been sitting out in the 115 degree heat index." Keyless "If that doesn't constitute a Contempt of Cunt charge, then I don't know what the hell does." ❋ Bosh Jurton (2011)

Judge: You are in contempt of court, [Mr Smith]. Mr Smith: Yes, I am. I am surprised you [noticed]. You don't seem to have noticed [anything else]. ❋ Neubigmac (2017)

ask for contempt someone is [doing something] he/she thinks is important, while others [does care] or think [it's not important] ❋ Word_study (2017)

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