hold+in+contempt
1hold in contempt — ► hold in contempt despise. Main Entry: ↑contempt …
2hold in contempt — To despise • • • Main Entry: ↑contempt …
3hold in contempt — index condescend (patronize), contemn, decry, disdain, flout, ignore, misprize, reject …
4hold in contempt — Synonyms and related words: be above, be contemptuous of, belittle, bring down, bring into discredit, bring low, care nothing for, contemn, cry down, dare, debase, decry, degrade, denigrate, deprecate, depreciate, deride, derogate from, despise,… …
5hold in contempt — despise, scorn; be charged with the deliberate obstruction of a court s proceedings by refusing to obey a court order or by interfering with court procedures …
6hold in contempt of court — find someone guilty of disrespecting the court house …
7contempt — ► NOUN 1) the feeling that a person or a thing is worthless or beneath consideration. 2) (also contempt of court) the offence of being disobedient to or disrespectful of a court of law. ● beneath contempt Cf. ↑beneath contempt ● hold in contempt… …
8hold up to scorn — I verb belittle, condemn, deride, disdain, disesteem, disparage, feel contempt for, flout, hold in contempt, hold in derision, hold up to obloquy, insult, jape, jeer, laugh at, mock, rail at, revile, ridicule, scoff, scorn, slight, sneer at,… …
9Contempt — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Contempt >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 contempt contempt disdain scorn sovereign contempt Sgm: N 1 despisal despisal despiciency Sgm: N 1 despisement despisement Sgm: N 1 vilipendency| vilipendency| …
10contempt — n. scorn 1) to demonstrate, display, show contempt for 2) bitter, deep, profound, total, unmitigated, utter contempt 3) contempt for 4) beneath contempt disrespect (legal) 5) to hold in contempt (to hold smb. in contempt of court) ( to accuse smb …
