Contempt
noun
Strong feeling of disliking and having no respect for someone or something.
She was full of contempt for her husband's lowly status.
Often appears as...
- treat with contempt
- full of contempt
noun
A legal term for behavior that disrespects or disobeys the authority and dignity of a court or legislature.
He was found guilty of contempt of court for refusing to testify.
Often appears as...
- contempt of court
- found in contempt
noun
In computing, it's a term used to describe the disrespect or disregard towards a user's input or interaction.
The software was criticised for its contempt of user preferences.
Often appears as...
- contempt for user input
- contempt of user preferences
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Technical
noun
Strong feeling of disliking and having no respect for someone or something.
She was full of contempt for her husband's lowly status.
Often appears as...
- treat with contempt
- full of contempt
noun
A legal term for behavior that disrespects or disobeys the authority and dignity of a court or legislature.
He was found guilty of contempt of court for refusing to testify.
Often appears as...
- contempt of court
- found in contempt
noun
In computing, it's a term used to describe the disrespect or disregard towards a user's input or interaction.
The software was criticised for its contempt of user preferences.
Often appears as...
- contempt for user input
- contempt of user preferences
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Intensity
The word 'contempt' carries a strong negative emotional weight, indicating deep disapproval.
His contempt for dishonesty was evident in his tone.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Dislike
'Contempt' suggests a level of disdain that goes beyond just disliking someone or something.
She couldn't hide her contempt for the corrupt officials.
Pro Tip 3/3Usage in Relationships
Using 'contempt' in a social context can imply a serious breakdown in relationships.
His contemptuous remark ended their friendship for good.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Intensity
The word 'contempt' carries a strong negative emotional weight, indicating deep disapproval.
His contempt for dishonesty was evident in his tone.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Dislike
'Contempt' suggests a level of disdain that goes beyond just disliking someone or something.
She couldn't hide her contempt for the corrupt officials.
Pro Tip 3/3Usage in Relationships
Using 'contempt' in a social context can imply a serious breakdown in relationships.
His contemptuous remark ended their friendship for good.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Intensity
The word 'contempt' carries a strong negative emotional weight, indicating deep disapproval.
His contempt for dishonesty was evident in his tone.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Dislike
'Contempt' suggests a level of disdain that goes beyond just disliking someone or something.
She couldn't hide her contempt for the corrupt officials.
Pro Tip 3/3Usage in Relationships
Using 'contempt' in a social context can imply a serious breakdown in relationships.
His contemptuous remark ended their friendship for good.
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Ben Cameron: The true...
to view our fellow human being with hostility and fear and contempt and suspicion. The arts, whatever they do, whenever they call us together, invite us to look at our fellow human being with generosity and curiosity. God knows, if we ever needed that capacity in human history,
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The power of women's...
so very few men with power are going to take what I'm saying seriously, as a matter of politics. We think of politics and anger in terms of the contempt and disdain and fury that are feeding a rise of macho-fascism in the world. But if it's that poison, it's also the antidote.
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A kinder, gentler...
Feel sympathy, rather than contempt. There are other reasons -- There are other reasons why it's perhaps harder now to feel calm than ever before. One of these, and it's paradoxical, because it's linked to something that's rather nice, is the hope we all have for our careers.
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"You Have the Rite" PIPE...
I try to telepathically say goodbye. The silence brings me no peace. The quiet makes it hard to rest. In the void there is anger mushrooming in the moss at the base of my thoughts, a fungus growing on the spine of my freedom attempts. I'm free from all except contempt,
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I grew up in the...
how the other side came to their positions. It's hard because righteous indignation, that sense of certainty that ours is the right side, is so seductive. It's hard because it means extending empathy and compassion to people who show us hostility and contempt.
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Are there universal...
lips drawn up and back, and raised cheeks causing wrinkling around the eyes. More recently, researchers have proposed additional entries such as contempt, shame, and disapproval, but opinions vary on how distinct boundaries
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How Facial Expressions...
are universally recognized all around the world, regardless of race, color, creed, nationality, gender, any demographic that exists. They are anger, contempt, disgust, fear, happiness, sadness, and surprise.
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How to deal with...
were batted away I was sprayed with words of adoration and words of contempt you're stupid idiot and I wish you had never been born when I confronted her about having said this to me I was told
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Peter Attia: What if...
the best clinical care I could, but as a human being, I let you down. You didn't need my judgment and my contempt. You needed my empathy and compassion, and above all else, you needed a doctor
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Is the obesity crisis...
but as a as a human being I let you down you didn't need my judgment and my contempt you needed my empathy and compassion above all else you needed a doctor who was willing to consider maybe
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Ben Cameron: The true...
to view our fellow human being with hostility and fear and contempt and suspicion. The arts, whatever they do, whenever they call us together, invite us to look at our fellow human being with generosity and curiosity. God knows, if we ever needed that capacity in human history,
Video examples
The power of women's...
so very few men with power are going to take what I'm saying seriously, as a matter of politics. We think of politics and anger in terms of the contempt and disdain and fury that are feeding a rise of macho-fascism in the world. But if it's that poison, it's also the antidote.
Video examples
A kinder, gentler...
Feel sympathy, rather than contempt. There are other reasons -- There are other reasons why it's perhaps harder now to feel calm than ever before. One of these, and it's paradoxical, because it's linked to something that's rather nice, is the hope we all have for our careers.
Video examples
"You Have the Rite" PIPE...
I try to telepathically say goodbye. The silence brings me no peace. The quiet makes it hard to rest. In the void there is anger mushrooming in the moss at the base of my thoughts, a fungus growing on the spine of my freedom attempts. I'm free from all except contempt,
Video examples
I grew up in the...
how the other side came to their positions. It's hard because righteous indignation, that sense of certainty that ours is the right side, is so seductive. It's hard because it means extending empathy and compassion to people who show us hostility and contempt.
Video examples
Are there universal...
lips drawn up and back, and raised cheeks causing wrinkling around the eyes. More recently, researchers have proposed additional entries such as contempt, shame, and disapproval, but opinions vary on how distinct boundaries
Video examples
How Facial Expressions...
are universally recognized all around the world, regardless of race, color, creed, nationality, gender, any demographic that exists. They are anger, contempt, disgust, fear, happiness, sadness, and surprise.
Video examples
How to deal with...
were batted away I was sprayed with words of adoration and words of contempt you're stupid idiot and I wish you had never been born when I confronted her about having said this to me I was told
Video examples
Peter Attia: What if...
the best clinical care I could, but as a human being, I let you down. You didn't need my judgment and my contempt. You needed my empathy and compassion, and above all else, you needed a doctor
Video examples
Is the obesity crisis...
but as a as a human being I let you down you didn't need my judgment and my contempt you needed my empathy and compassion above all else you needed a doctor who was willing to consider maybe
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Quote examples
W. E. B. Du Bois
American Writer
It is a peculiar sensation, this double-consciousness, this sense of always looking at one's self through the eyes of others, of measuring one's soul by the tape of a world that looks on in amused contempt and pity.
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Thomas Carlyle
Scottish Philosopher
True humor springs not more from the head than from the heart. It is not contempt; its essence is love. It issues not in laughter, but in still smiles, which lie far deeper.
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Rick Moody
American Novelist
All the stuff that I used to treat with contempt - you know, I'm an artist, man, I don't do that family stuff - has begun to seem really important.
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Shehbaz Sharif
Pakistani Politician
Musharraf has just gone against the constitution and displayed contempt of court and has shown that he has no respect for the rule of law.
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John Gay
English Poet
A rich rogue nowadays is fit company for any gentleman; and the world, my dear, hath not such a contempt for roguery as you imagine.
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Orson Scott Card
American Writer
I wonder sometimes if the motivation for writers ought to be contempt, not admiration.
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Ryszard Kapuscinski
Polish Journalist
In order to feel contempt, you generally need to cherish some kind of feelings.
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Robert Crumb
American Artist
Most of my adult life I had this towering contempt for America.
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Gore Vidal
American Novelist
My father had lifelong contempt for politicians.
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John McCarthy
American Politician
Compassion is contempt with a human face.
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W. E. B. Du Bois
American Writer
It is a peculiar sensation, this double-consciousness, this sense of always looking at one's self through the eyes of others, of measuring one's soul by the tape of a world that looks on in amused contempt and pity.
Quote examples
Thomas Carlyle
Scottish Philosopher
True humor springs not more from the head than from the heart. It is not contempt; its essence is love. It issues not in laughter, but in still smiles, which lie far deeper.
Quote examples
Rick Moody
American Novelist
All the stuff that I used to treat with contempt - you know, I'm an artist, man, I don't do that family stuff - has begun to seem really important.
Quote examples
Shehbaz Sharif
Pakistani Politician
Musharraf has just gone against the constitution and displayed contempt of court and has shown that he has no respect for the rule of law.
Quote examples
John Gay
English Poet
A rich rogue nowadays is fit company for any gentleman; and the world, my dear, hath not such a contempt for roguery as you imagine.
Quote examples
Orson Scott Card
American Writer
I wonder sometimes if the motivation for writers ought to be contempt, not admiration.
Quote examples
Ryszard Kapuscinski
Polish Journalist
In order to feel contempt, you generally need to cherish some kind of feelings.
Quote examples
Robert Crumb
American Artist
Most of my adult life I had this towering contempt for America.
Quote examples
Gore Vidal
American Novelist
My father had lifelong contempt for politicians.
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John McCarthy
American Politician
Compassion is contempt with a human face.
Example 1 of 10
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