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Contempt /kənˈtɛmpt/

📖 Noun 🔥 common

Definitions

📝 The feeling that a person or a thing is beneath consideration, worthless, or deserving scorn.

🇮🇳 अवमानना / घृणा

💡 Simple: A strong feeling that someone is worthless or 'below' you.

She looked at him with utter contempt.

🔄 Word Forms

contemptuous (adjective) contemptible (adjective)

✅ Synonyms

❌ Antonyms

🔗 Collocations

contempt of court hold in contempt

🔀 Related Words

📍 Usage Context

Law and personal relationships.

📚 Grammar Notes

In law, 'contempt of court' means disobeying the judge.

From Latin 'contemptus'.

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