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单词 contempt
释义

contemptnoun [ U ]

uk/kənˈtempt/us/kənˈtempt/

contempt noun [ U ] (NO RESPECT)

C2 a strong feeling of disliking and having no respect for someone or something:

At school she had complete contempt for all her teachers.
You should treat those remarks with the contempt that they deserve.
She's beneath contempt (= I have no respect for her)!
hold sb/sth in contempt

to feel contempt for someone or something

More examples

  • She looked at him with undisguised contempt.
  • He rewarded their kindness with hostility and contempt.
  • Both Shelley and Byron had a passionate contempt for cant and hypocrisy.
  • The boy shows utter contempt for authority and is virtually uncontrollable.
  • In their senseless killing of innocent people, the terrorists display total contempt for human life.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Feelings of dislike and hatred

  • abhorrence
  • abomination
  • anathema
  • animosity
  • animus
  • disdain
  • disfavour
  • disgust
  • dislike
  • distaste
  • hatred
  • ill will
  • loathing
  • misandry
  • misanthrope
  • repulsion
  • revulsion
  • sore point
  • technophobe
  • vitriol

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Not liking

contempt noun [ U ] (NOT OBEYING)

specialized also contempt of court law behaviour that is illegal because it does not obey or respect the rules of a law court:

The tobacco companies may be guilty of contempt of court for refusing to produce the documents.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Obeying & breaking the law

  • abide
  • adhere
  • afoul
  • bend the law/rules idiom
  • breach
  • break
  • breaker
  • clean
  • clean up your act idiom
  • commit
  • compliant
  • conform
  • contravene
  • disobey
  • hold
  • observe
  • perpetrate
  • respect
  • venal
  • violate

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