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'contempt' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'contempt' with 5 example sentences.


contempt noun

: 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.
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