Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. contempt, disdain, scorn, despite(noun)

   lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike

   "he was held in contempt"; "the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary"

2. contempt, disrespect(noun)

   a manner that is generally disrespectful and contemptuous

3. contempt, scorn(noun)

   open disrespect for a person or thing

4. contempt(noun)

   a willful disobedience to or disrespect for the authority of a court or legislative body

Wiktionary(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. contempt(Noun)

   The state of contemning; the feeling or attitude of regarding someone or something as inferior, base, or worthless; scorn, disdain.

2. contempt(Noun)

   The state of being despised or dishonored; disgrace.

3. contempt(Noun)

   Open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority of a court of law or legislative body.

Webster Dictionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Contempt(noun)

   the act of contemning or despising; the feeling with which one regards that which is esteemed mean, vile, or worthless; disdain; scorn

2. Contempt(noun)

   the state of being despised; disgrace; shame

3. Contempt(noun)

   an act or expression denoting contempt

4. Contempt(noun)

   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

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Contempt

   Contempt is a 1963 film directed by Jean-Luc Godard, based on the Italian novel Il disprezzo [A Ghost at Noon]. 1954. OCLC 360548. by Alberto Moravia. It stars Brigitte Bardot.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Contempt

   kon-tempt′, n. scorn: disgrace: (law) disregard of the rules or an offence against the dignity of a court (with of, for).—ns. Contemptibil′ity, Contempt′ibleness.—adj. Contempt′ible, despicable.—adv. Contempt′ibly.—adj. Contempt′uous, haughty, scornful.—adv. Contempt′uously.—n. Contempt′uousness. [See Contemn.]

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'contempt' in Nouns Frequency: #2573

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of contempt in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of contempt in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Sample Sentences & Example Usage

1. Aesop:

   Familiarity breed contempt.

2. Vikrant Parsai:

   Too much familiarity breeds contempt.

3. Mark Twain:

   Familiarity breeds contempt - and children.

4. Henry Louis Mencken:

   The only cure for contempt is countercontempt.

5. Berthold Auerbach:

   Of all afflictions, the worst is self-contempt.

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