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contempt   (TTS Sound)

The noun contempt has 4 senses

• contempt, disdain, scorn, despite -- (lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike; "he was held in contempt"; "the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary")


• contempt, disrespect -- (a manner that is generally disrespectful and contemptuous)


• contempt, scorn -- (open disrespect for a person or thing)


• contempt -- (a willful disobedience to or disrespect for the authority of a court or legislative body)