as in disdain
open dislike for someone or something considered unworthy of one's concern or respect
my undying contempt for people who abuse animals
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Recent Examples of contempt
This containment allows partners to express anger, frustration or hurt without slipping into destructive patterns like contempt, stonewalling or emotional withdrawal.
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Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
Rather, state law says they can be held in contempt of court or sued by the Colorado Attorney General’s Office.
—Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 13 July 2025
On May 22, his lawyer filed to hold the state in contempt.
—Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 29 June 2025
The parliamentarian, Elizabeth MacDonough, ruled that limiting courts’ ability to hold Trump officials in contempt violated the Senate’s rules governing what can be passed with a simple-majority vote on the budget reconciliation fast track.
—Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 22 June 2025
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Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
Rather, state law says they can be held in contempt of court or sued by the Colorado Attorney General’s Office.
—Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 13 July 2025
On May 22, his lawyer filed to hold the state in contempt.
—Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 29 June 2025
The parliamentarian, Elizabeth MacDonough, ruled that limiting courts’ ability to hold Trump officials in contempt violated the Senate’s rules governing what can be passed with a simple-majority vote on the budget reconciliation fast track.
—Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 22 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for contempt
Noun
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Nearby residents include Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen, Dan Aykroyd, and John Kerry — as well as another Epstein associate, Alan Dershowitz, who has faced great disdain at the local library.—
Kim Velsey,
Curbed,
16 July 2025
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Back in June, Offerman responded to conservative media figure Michael Flynn Jr., who used a gif of Ron throwing a computer in a dumpster in a Parks and Rec episode to symbolize his disdain for Pride Month.—
Victoria Edel,
People.com,
14 July 2025
Noun
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There’s a great tradition in sports of being driven by a fear, or a hatred, of that feeling.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
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She’s been feeling so much hatred, so much anger, so much sadness, so much disappointment these last few episodes.—
Lynette Rice,
Deadline,
13 July 2025
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“Contempt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contempt. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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