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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 Word Forms
- -Dz·ٱ noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of contempt1
Idioms and Phrases
see familiarity breeds contempt .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Boasberg said last week that he found probable cause for putting administration officials in criminal contempt for not turning the planes around.
“How much contempt is stirred up at times toward the vulnerable, the marginalized and migrants!” he said in his Easter address, shortly before his death.
A separate feud has been brewing after a judge said he could hold the Trump administration in contempt for its "wilful disregard" of his order barring deportation flights.
He didn’t offer proof to back up Duran’s alibi, Baca wrote, and, during trial he showed up late so many times the judge held him in contempt, according to court minutes and a payment receipt.
She's going to decide whether the government's in contempt or not, and if she finds them in contempt, I'm quite confident that they will attempt to appeal that contempt finding.
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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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