- contempt
- I(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)Feeling of disdainNouns1. contempt, contemptuousness, disdain, scorn, despisal, contumely; detraction, disapprobation; derision, disrespect; defiance; arrogance (see insolence); ridicule, mockery; hoot, catcall.2. slight, cold shoulder, snub, rebuff; sneer, dismissal. Informal, dig, cut. Slang, slam. See repulsion.Verbs1. (feel contempt) be contemptuous of, despise, contemn, scorn, disdain, feel contempt for; disregard, slight; not mind, pass by, look down upon; hold cheap, hold in contempt, think nothing of, think small beer of; underestimate; take no account of, care nothing for, set no store by, not care a straw, set at naught.2. (show contempt) laugh up one's sleeve, snap one's fingers at, shrug one's shoulders; snub, turn up one's nose at, pooh-pooh, damn with faint praise; sneeze at, sneer at; curl one's lip, toss one's head, look down one's nose at; draw oneself up; laugh at or off, brush off; be disrespectful, point the finger of scorn, hold up to scorn, laugh to scorn; scout, hoot, flout, hiss, scoff at, jeer, revile, taunt (see ridicule); turn one's back, turn a cold shoulder, leave in the lurch or out in the cold; trample upon or underfoot, spurn, kick, fling to the winds. Informal, cut. Slang, diss, dump on, cut dead, frost, kiss off. See avoidance.Adjectives1. (showing contempt) contemptuous, disdainful, scornful; withering, contumelious, supercilious, cynical, haughty, cavalier; derisive.2. (deserving contempt) contemptible, despicable; pitiable, pitiful; unimportant, despised, downtrodden; unenvied.Adverbs — contemptuously, arrogantly, insolently, etc.Interjections — bah! pooh! pshaw! tut! fiddle-de-dee!; away with! Slang, in your hat! come off it!Phrases — familiarity breeds contempt.Quotations — Who can refute a sneer? (William Paley), Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn (G. B. Shaw).II(Roget's IV) n.1. [A feeling of scorn]2. [A state of disgrace]Syn. shame, dishonor, stigma; see disgrace 1 .• beneath contempt,Syn. contemptible, despicable, worthless; see offensive 2 .III(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.1. disdain scorn, repugnance, disgust, disrespect, disregard, derision, revulsion, abhorrence.2. disgrace shame, dishonor, humiliation, disrepute.ANT.: respect, esteem, honorIV(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun 1. The feeling of despising: despisal, despite, disdain, scorn. See RESPECT. 2. The disposition boldly to defy or resist authority or an opposing force: contumacy, defiance, despite, recalcitrance, recalcitrancy. See RESIST.
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