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. John Mica:

   I don't think I've ever seen the committee treated with such contempt.

2. Socrates:

   The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers.

3. 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.

4. Christopher Mattei:

   It seems to us that Alex Jones has made a deliberate decision that Alex Jones would rather suffer the contempt of court rather than expose Alex Jones to deposition.

5. Mac Donald:

   Violent-crime increase — call it Ferguson Effect 2.0 or the Minneapolis Effect — has come on with a speed and magnitude that make Ferguson 1.0 seem tranquil, george Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapolis police in late May was justly condemned — but the event has now spurred an outpouring of contempt against the pillars of law and order that has no precedent in American history.