From Latin contemptus, from contemnō, from com- + temnō.

• IPA: /kənˈtɛmpt/

contempt

1. (uncountable) The state or act of contemning; the feeling or attitude of regarding someone or something as inferior, base, or worthless; scorn, disdain.
   • 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XIII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC ↗:

     And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them.

2. The state of being despised or dishonored; disgrace.
3. (legal) Open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority of a court of law or legislative body.
4. (chess, uncountable) Ellipsis of contempt factor

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• See Thesaurus:contempt

• French: mépris
• German: Verachtung
• Italian: disprezzo
• Portuguese: desprezo, desdém, contempto
• Russian: презре́ние
• Spanish: desprecio, desdén

• German: Schande, Blamage
• Russian: позо́р
• Spanish: desgracia, deshonra, vergüenza

• French: outrage
• German: Mißachtung, Beamtenbeleidigung
• Portuguese: desacato
• Russian: неуваже́ние
• Spanish: desacato