Antonyms for contempt
kənˈtɛmptcon·tempt

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.9 / 7 votes

1. contemptnoun

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

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

Matched Categories

1. • Discourtesy
   • Disobedience
   • Disrespect
   • Law

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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

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1. contemptnoun

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

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. honored

   being thinked of very highly

   we were honored with the queen's presence.

   Submitted by rinat on December 13, 2015  

How to use contempt in a sentence?

1. Mat Staver:

   Kim Davis said Monday that her name and title would not appear on the forms and later that same day the Governor said the forms were valid, and Judge( David) Bunning's order releasing Kim Davis said a form altered by Brian the day after the contempt hearing while Kim was in jail was valid. ...

2. Chris Muha:

   He is under a current subpoena that threatens him with the possibility of contempt or other unspecified adverse action. The decision as to Charles Kupperman can directly affect whether the White House moves on that step.

3. John Adams:

   It should be your care, therefore, and mine, to elevate the minds of our children and exalt their courage; to accelerate and animate their industry and activity; to excite in them an habitual contempt of meanness, abhorrence of injustice and inhumanity, and an ambition to excel in every capacity, faculty, and virtue. If we suffer their minds to grovel and creep in infancy, they will grovel all their lives.

4. James Lankford:

   In fact they are treating the United States government with contempt and paying no price for it.

5. Willie Flowers:

   This is just political posturing that nobody needs right now, if the governor's going to do something, he should with his power as governor look at the many broken systems based on the same type of vitriol, contempt, hatred, that caused the murders of these gentlemen. Every system that has been broken, as the governor of Maryland, he alone can change all of it.

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