contempt
noun [U] (NO RESPECT) /kənˈtempt/Definition
C2 a strong feeling of disliking and having no respect for someone or something: At school she had complete contempt for all her teachers. You should treat those remarks with the contempt that they deserve. She's beneath contempt (= I have no respect for her)!Feelings of dislike and hatred hold sb/sth in contempt › to feel contempt for someone or somethingNot liking
(Definition of contempt noun (NO RESPECT) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- -shy suffix
- abhor verb
- abide verb
- abominate verb
- averse adjective
- be no/little love lost between idiom
- despise verb
- detest verb
- disdain verb
- disgusted adjective
- dislike verb
- house-room noun
- how would you like...? idiom
- ill will noun
- leave sb cold idiom
- loathe verb
- put sb off (sth/sb) phrasal verb
- take against sb phrasal verb
- the knives are out idiom
- tire of sth phrasal verb
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