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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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Pish :: Pish (interj.) An exclamation of contempt.

Crone :: Crone (n.) An old woman; -- usually in 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..

Affront :: Affront (n.) Contemptuous or rude treatment which excites or justifies resentment; marked disrespect; a purposed indignity; insult.

Rhymer :: Rhymer (n.) One who makes rhymes; a versifier; -- generally in contempt; a poor poet; a poetaster.

Consistorian :: Consistorian (a.) Pertaining to a Presbyterian consistory; -- a contemptuous term of 17th century controversy.

Whelp :: Whelp (n.) A child; a youth; -- jocosely or in contempt.

Disdain :: Disdain (v. t.) That which is worthy to be disdained or regarded with contempt and aversion.

Sneer :: Sneer (v. t.) To utter with a grimace or contemptuous expression; to utter with a sneer; to say sneeringly; as, to sneer fulsome lies at a person..

Scornful :: Scornful (a.) Full of scorn or contempt; contemptuous; disdainful.

Violation :: Violation (n.) An act of irreverence or desecration; profanation or contemptuous treatment of sacred things; as, the violation of a church..

Shrimp :: Shrimp (v.) Figuratively, a little wrinkled man; a dwarf; -- in contempt..

Despisal :: Despisal (n.) A despising; contempt.

Shame :: Shame (n.) Reproach incurred or suffered; dishonor; ignominy; derision; contempt.

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

Spurn :: Spurn (v. i.) To manifest disdain in rejecting anything; to make contemptuous opposition or resistance.

Snuff :: Snuff (v. i.) To turn up the nose and inhale air, as an expression of contempt; hence, to take offense..

Geck :: Geck (v. i.) To jeer; to show contempt.

Poltroon :: Poltroon (a.) Base; vile; contemptible; cowardly.

Despite :: Despite (n.) Malice; malignity; spite; malicious anger; contemptuous hate.