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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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Redshank
::
Redshank
(n.) A
bare-legged
person;
-- a
contemptuous
appellation
formerly
given to the
Scotch
Highlanders,
in
allusion
to their bare
legs..
Shoeing-horn
::
Shoeing-horn
(n.)
Anything
by which a
transaction
is
facilitated;
a
medium;
-- by way of
contempt.
Counter
::
Counter
(v. t.)
Money;
coin; -- used in
contempt.
But
::
But (v. t.) A
person
at whom
ridicule,
jest, or
contempt
is
directed;
as, the butt of the
company..
Sneer
::
Sneer (v. i.) To
inssinuate
contempt
by a
covert
expression;
to speak
derisively.
Curtain
::
Curtain
(n.) A flag; an
ensign;
-- in
contempt.
Fie
::
Fie
(interj.)
An
exclamation
denoting
contempt
or
dislike.
See Fy.
Bloat
::
Bloat (n.) A term of
contempt
for a
worthless,
dissipated
fellow..
Rhymery
::
Rhymery
(n.) The art or habit of
making
rhymes;
rhyming;
-- in
contempt.
Despite
::
Despite
(n.) An act of
malice,
hatred,
or
defiance;
contemptuous
defiance;
a deed of
contempt..
Burlesque
::
Burlesque
(a.)
Tending
to
excite
laughter
or
contempt
by
extravagant
images,
or by a
contrast
between
the
subject
and the
manner
of
treating
it, as when a
trifling
subject
is
treated
with mock
gravity;
jocular;
ironical..
Kit
::
Kit (m.) A group of
separate
parts,
things,
or
individuals;
-- used with
whole,
and
generally
contemptuously;
as, the whole kit of
them..
Scrag
::
Scrag (n.)
Something
thin, lean, or
rough;
a bony
piece;
especially,
a bony
neckpiece
of meat;
hence,
humorously
or in
contempt,
the
neck..
Mockery
::
Mockery
(n.)
Insulting
or
contemptuous
action
or
speech;
contemptuous
merriment;
derision;
ridicule.
Puff
::
Puff (v. t.) To repel with
words;
to blow at
contemptuously.
Mean
::
Mean
(superl.)
Of
little
value or
account;
worthy
of
little
or no
regard;
contemptible;
despicable.
Affront
::
Affront
(n.)
Contemptuous
or rude
treatment
which
excites
or
justifies
resentment;
marked
disrespect;
a
purposed
indignity;
insult.
Sequester
::
Sequester
(v. t.) To
separate
from the owner for a time; to take from
parties
in
controversy
and put into the
possession
of an
indifferent
person;
to seize or take
possession
of, as
property
belonging
to
another,
and hold it till the
profits
have paid the
demand
for which it is
taken,
or till the owner has
performed
the
decree
of
court,
or
clears
himself
of
contempt;
in
international
law, to
confiscate..
Humph
::
Humph
(interj.)
An
exclamation
denoting
surprise,
or
contempt,
doubt,
etc..
Despisingly
::
Despisingly
(adv.)
Contemptuously.
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