Dictionary Entry
contempt
contempt is a 8-letter English word with 8 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of contemning or despising; the feeling with which one regards that which is esteemed mean, vile, or worthless; disdain; scorn. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 18 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
The act of contemning or despising; the feeling with which one regards that which is esteemed mean, vile, or worthless; disdain; scorn.
- 2noun
The state of being despised; disgrace; shame.
- 3noun
An act or expression denoting contempt.
- 4noun
Disobedience of the rules, orders, or process of a court of justice, or of rules or orders of a legislative body; disorderly, contemptuous, or insolent language or behavior in presence of a court, tending to disturb its proceedings, or impair the respect due to its authority.
- 5noun
a willful disobedience to or disrespect for the authority of a court or legislative body
- 6noun
a manner that is generally disrespectful and contemptuous
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- 7noun
open disrespect for a person or thing
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- 8noun
lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
"he was held in contempt"
"the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary"
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