contempt
Looking down upon
Contempt is a negative feeling or attitude towards something that is considered worthless, low, and offensive.
It may be combined with feelings of hatred, ridicule, or anger.
Various prepositions can follow contempt but the most common is for: The locals consider themselves descendants of saints and often show contempt for outsiders.
Contempt has a special meaning in law: Contempt of court is willful disobedience or open disrespect for the rules of a court.
Scornful disregard
- derisionContemptuous mockery
- sneeringExpressing scorn facially
- mockeryScornful ridicule or travesty
- disparagementCriticism meant to diminish
disrespect · belittlement · condescension · disgust · revulsion · loathing · repugnance · antipathy
Scornful expression
- scowlAngry facial expression
- eye rollScornful upward look
- glareFierce stare or brightness
- smirkPleased, superior smile
scoff · snort · cold stare · raised eyebrow · dismissive wave · turned back · spit · withering look
Intense, violent anger
- furyIntense violent anger
- ireIntense fury
- wrathFierce, punishing anger
- resentmentPersistent bitter displeasure
indignation · bitterness · hostility · animosity · hatred · malice · antagonism · spite
Excessive self-importance
- haughtinessDisdainful sense of superiority
- condescensionDemeaning air of superiority
- snobberyPretentious social superiority
- hubrisRuinous excessive confidence
superciliousness · loftiness · pomposity · smugness · self-importance · imperiousness · patronization · overbearingness
Mention of a source
- sanctionsPunitive international restrictions
- defianceOpen resistance to authority
- disobedienceRefusal to follow orders
- obstructionSomething blocking the way
noncompliance · violation · penalty · fine · imprisonment · judicial authority · court order · recalcitrance
Removal from position
- spurningContemptuously refusing or dismissing
- rebuffAbrupt, curt rejection
- cold shoulderIntentional dismissive treatment
- brushoffAbrupt, curt rejection
shunning · ostracism · exclusion · disregard · turning away · snubbing · ignoring · abandonment
disdain
Scornful disregard
disparagement · disrespect · belittlement · condescension · disgust · revulsion · loathing · repugnance · antipathy · aversion
sneer
Scornful expression
smirk · scoff · snort · cold stare · raised eyebrow · dismissive wave · turned back · spit · withering look · side-eye
rage
Intense, violent anger
resentment · indignation · bitterness · hostility · animosity · hatred · malice · antagonism · spite · rancor
arrogance
Excessive self-importance
- haughtinessDisdainful sense of superiority
- condescensionDemeaning air of superiority
- snobberyPretentious social superiority
hubris · superciliousness · loftiness · pomposity · smugness · self-importance · imperiousness · patronization · overbearingness · aloofness
citation
Mention of a source
- sanctionsPunitive international restrictions
- defianceOpen resistance to authority
- disobedienceRefusal to follow orders
obstruction · noncompliance · violation · penalty · fine · imprisonment · judicial authority · court order · recalcitrance · contumacy
dismissal
Removal from position
- spurningContemptuously refusing or dismissing
- rebuffAbrupt, curt rejection
- cold shoulderIntentional dismissive treatment
brushoff · shunning · ostracism · exclusion · disregard · turning away · snubbing · ignoring · abandonment · casting aside
- legallawyer, judge, jury, trial, verdict
- aversionsaversion, dislike, distaste, hatred, loathing
- bad attitudesnegativity, cynicism, pessimism, hostility, resentment
- contemptdisdain, despise, derision, sneer, look down on
- disfavordisapproval, dislike, disdain, aversion, distaste
- dismissive behaviorssnub, ignore, disdain, dismissal, sneer
contemptadmiration
Deep respect felt
respect · esteem · reverence · veneration · regard
contemptdeference
Yielding to another's judgment
reverence · veneration · worship · idolization · lionization
- criminal contemptObstruction punishable by judge
- contempt of courtDisobedience toward judicial authority
- held in contemptViewed with utter scorn
- hold in contemptFeel utter disrespect toward
- holding in contemptFeeling deep disrespect toward
- contempt of CongressOffense of obstructing legislative authority
contemptuous, contemptible, contemptuously, contemn, contemptibly, contemptuousness, contempt of court