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contempt <a contempt; contempts> N (feelings & emotions)

contempt VB

contempt <a contempt; contempts> N

contempt VB

purging contempt LAW

self-contempt N PSYCH

contempt of court N LAW

contempt of court LAW

hold in contempt VB

regard with contempt VB

treat with contempt VB

treat with contempt or neglect VB

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The rarity of major disasters tends to breed complacency and even a contempt for written instructions.
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He suffered more than 40 body blows with a nonchalant contempt for danger and seemed content to be battered black and blue rather than lose his wicket.
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He reserved a particular contempt for the sentient doors, despising their blissful satisfaction with existence.
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However, contempt may be experienced as a highly visceral emotion similar to disgust, or as cool disregard.
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In his public debates he oscillates between raffish charm and a finely measured line in contempt.
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Gossipy neighbors and shop vendors treat them with contempt, fellow tenants complaining that their (already noticeably dilapidated) tenement building has now become filthy.
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The pervasive vulgarity renders the trick plot even less believable and justifies the contempt of those who dismiss all crime fiction as puerile.
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Jim was cited for contempt and ends up back in the slammer.
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We are happy to idolise our sportspeople, lavishing them with praise, but will show contempt towards those who sing their own praises.
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She goes on to say that had a "masculine understanding" and contempt for anything that savoured of culture.
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