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Definition of contempt

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Contempt (n.) 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..

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Haughty :: Haughty (superl.) Disdainfully or contemptuously proud; arrogant; overbearing.

Sneer :: Sneer (n.) A smile, grin, or contortion of the face, indicative of contempt; an indirect expression or insinuation of contempt..

Fig :: Fig (n.) To insult with a fico, or contemptuous motion. See Fico..

Snout :: Snout (n.) The nose of a man; -- in contempt.

Smile :: Smile (v. i.) To express slight contempt by a look implying sarcasm or pity; to sneer.

Belittle :: Belittle (v. t.) To make little or less in a moral sense; to speak of in a depreciatory or contemptuous way.

Bawbling :: Bawbling (a.) Insignificant; contemptible.

Spawn :: Spawn (v. t.) Any product or offspring; -- used contemptuously.

Ludicrous :: Ludicrous (a.) Adapted to excite laughter, without scorn or contempt; sportive..

Frippery :: Frippery (a.) Trifling; contemptible.

Dandyling :: Dandyling (n.) A little or insignificant dandy; a contemptible fop.

Libel :: Libel (v. t.) To defame, or expose to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule, by a writing, picture, sign, etc.; to lampoon..

Nickname :: Nickname (n.) A name given in contempt, derision, or sportive familiarity; a familiar or an opprobrious appellation..

Squash :: Squash (n.) Hence, something unripe or soft; -- used in contempt..

Nazarene :: Nazarene (n.) A native or inhabitant of Nazareth; -- a term of contempt applied to Christ and the early Christians.

Puritanical :: Puritanical (a.) Precise in observance of legal or religious requirements; strict; overscrupulous; rigid; -- often used by way of reproach or contempt.

Insult :: Insult (v. t.) Gross abuse offered to another, either by word or act; an act or speech of insolence or contempt; an affront; an indignity..

Despisingly :: Despisingly (adv.) Contemptuously.

Spawn :: Spawn (v. i.) To issue, as offspring; -- used contemptuously..

Tush :: Tush (interj.) An exclamation indicating check, rebuke, or contempt; as, tush, tush! do not speak of it..