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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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Priestery :: Priestery (n.) Priests, collectively; the priesthood; -- so called in contempt..

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

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

Bloody :: Bloody (a.) Infamous; contemptible; -- variously used for mere emphasis or as a low epithet.

Spurn :: Spurn (n.) Disdainful rejection; contemptuous tratment.

Cynicism :: Cynicism (n.) The doctrine of the Cynics; the quality of being cynical; the mental state, opinions, or conduct, of a cynic; morose and contemptuous views and opinions..

Carrion :: Carrion (n.) A contemptible or worthless person; -- a term of reproach.

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

Hooker :: Hooker (n.) A sailor's contemptuous term for any antiquated craft.

Bullirag :: Bullirag (n.) To intimidate by bullying; to rally contemptuously; to badger.

Fy :: Fy (interj.) A word which expresses blame, dislike, disapprobation, abhorrence, or contempt. See Fie..

Hiss :: Hiss (v. t.) To condemn or express contempt for by hissing.

Misprision :: Misprision (n.) Neglect; undervaluing; contempt.

Betty :: Betty (n.) A name of contempt given to a man who interferes with the duties of women in a household, or who occupies himself with womanish matters..

Humph :: Humph (interj.) An exclamation denoting surprise, or contempt, doubt, etc..

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

Contemptibleness :: Contemptibleness (n.) The state or quality of being contemptible, or of being despised..

Hoity-toity :: Hoity-toity (a.) Thoughtless; giddy; flighty; also, haughty; patronizing; as, to be in hoity-toity spirits, or to assume hoity-toity airs; used also as an exclamation, denoting surprise or disapprobation, with some degree of contempt..

Transcribbler :: Transcribbler (n.) A transcriber; -- used in contempt.

Fie :: Fie (interj.) An exclamation denoting contempt or dislike. See Fy.