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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
contempt/kənˈtempt/

▶noun

1 the feeling that someone or something is worthless or beneath consideration.

2 (also contempt of court) the offence of being disobedient to or disrespectful of a court of law.

– phrases
beneath contempt utterly worthless or despicable.
hold someone in contempt judge someone to be in contempt of court.
hold someone/thing in contempt despise someone or something.

– origin ME: from L. contemptus, from contemnere (see contemn).

'contempt' also found in these Oxford entries:

bah - bird - bleeder - blighter - boo - contemn - contemptible - contemptuous - cynic - deal - deride - derisive - despicable - despise - despite - disdainful - fash - finger - fuck - hold - indeed - josser - Lapp - laugh - nose - old - pah - pejorative - pooh - pshaw - purge - raspberry - reptile - sarcasm - scab - scorn - self-contempt - snook - snooty - sod - spit - spite - spurn - stuff - thumb - trample - V-sign

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