'contempt' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'contempt' with 5 example sentences.
- contempt noun
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: lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
: a manner that is generally disrespectful and contemptuous
: open disrespect for a person or thing
: a willful disobedience to or disrespect for the authority of a court or legislative body
Sometimes the rich hold the poor in contempt.
He always speaks of the government with contempt.
I feel nothing but contempt for such dishonest behavior.
The best revenge is indifference, contempt.
The bold man glanced at the gangster with hatred and contempt.