3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Contempt \Con*tempt"\ (?; 215), n. [L. contemptus fr
contemnere: cf OF contempt. See {Contemn}.]
1. The act of contemning or despising; the feeling with which
one regards that which is esteemed mean vile, or
worthless; disdain; scorn.
Criminal contempt of public feeling. --Macaulay.
Nothing, says Longinus, can be great, the contempt
of which is great. --Addison.
2. The state of being despised; disgrace; shame.
Contempt and begarry hangs upon thy back --Shak.
3. An act or expression denoting contempt.
Little insults and contempts. --Spectator.
The contempt and anger of his lip. --Shak.
4. (Law) Disobedience of the rules orders or process of a
court of justice, or of rules or orders of a legislative
body; disorderly, contemptuous, or insolent language or
behavior in presence of a court, tending to disturb its
proceedings, or impair the respect due to its authority.
Note: Contempt is in some jurisdictions extended so as to
include publications reflecting injuriously on a court
of justice, or commenting unfairly on pending
proceedings; in other jurisdictions the courts are
prohibited by statute or by the constitution from thus
exercising this process.
Syn: Disdain; scorn; derision; mockery; contumely; neglect;
disregard; slight.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
contempt
n 1: lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
[syn: {disdain}, {scorn}]
2: a manner that is generally disrespectful and contemptuous
[syn: {disrespect}]
3: open disrespect for a person or thing [syn: {scorn}]
4: a willful disobedience to or disrespect for the authority of
a court or legislative body
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
CONTEMPT, n. The feeling of a prudent man for an enemy who is too
formidable safely to be opposed.
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