Synonyms for contempt
kənˈtɛmptcon·tempt

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1. contemptnoun

   Synonyms:
   abhorrence, antipathy, aversion, dislike, hatred, loathing, repugnance

   Antonyms:
   esteem, esteem, estimate, estimation, favor, regard, respect

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1. contempt, disdain, scorn, despitenoun

   lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike

   "he was held in contempt"; "the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary"

   Synonyms:
   patronage, scorn, condescension, disdain, despite, disrespect

2. contempt, disrespectnoun

   a manner that is generally disrespectful and contemptuous

   Synonyms:
   scorn, discourtesy, disdain, despite, disrespect

3. contempt, scornnoun

   open disrespect for a person or thing

   Synonyms:
   scorn, disdain, despite, disrespect

4. contemptnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   scorn, disdain, despite, disrespect

Matched Categories

1. • Discourtesy
   • Disobedience
   • Disrespect
   • Law

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1. contemptnoun

   Synonyms:
   disdain, scorn, mockery, derision, contumely, disregard, slight, mean opinion

2. contemptnoun

   Synonyms:
   shame, disgrace

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1. contemptnoun

   Synonyms:
   disdain, scorn, contumely, derision, detestation, disgrace, reproach

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1. List of paraphrases for "contempt":

   disdain, disregard, scorn, defiance, disrespect, outrage, flouting, insult, derision

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1. David Hume:

   Among well bred people a mutual deference is affected, contempt for others is disguised; authority concealed; attention given to each in his turn; and an easy stream of conversation maintained without vehemence, without interruption, without eagerness for victory, and without any airs of superiority.

2. Albert Einstein:

   To punish me for my contempt for authority, fate made me an authority myself.

3. Le Drian:

   There has been lying, duplicity, a major breach of trust and contempt. This will not do. Things are not going well between us, they're not going well at all.

4. Elijah Cummings:

   If they are not produced by tomorrow, we will be forced to move forward with holding Attorney General Barr and Secretary Ross in contempt of Congress.

5. Jean Baudrillard:

   Politicians -- power itself -- are abject because they merely embody the profound contempt people have for their own lives. One should be grateful to the politicians for accepting the abstractness of power, and ridding others of its burden. This inevitably kills them but they get their revenge by passing onto others the corpse of power.