The bold man glanced at the gangster with hatred and contempt.
Source: tatoeba (19175)
Contempt
//kənˈtɛmpt//
Synonyms for "contempt" (153 found)
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Closest matches (31)
Strong matches (46)
Related words (76)
disregarddisreputedisrespectfulnessdistastedisvaluationdumpegotismenormityexceptionexclusionexclusivenessface of brassfaint praiseflippancyfloutfloutingfreshnessgibehatehatred
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Noun(1 words)
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6 entriesderived
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9 entriesTranslations
123 translations across 44 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- καταφρόνημα noun (a feeling or attitude)
- ὑπεροψίᾱ noun (a feeling or attitude)
Arabic
2 entries- اِحْتِقَار noun (a feeling or attitude)
- اِزْدِرَاء noun (a feeling or attitude)
Belarusian
1 entries- пага́рда noun (a feeling or attitude)
Bulgarian
3 entries- неуважение noun (law: open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority)
- презре́ние noun (a feeling or attitude)
- пренебреже́ние noun (a feeling or attitude)
Catalan
1 entries- menyspreu noun (a feeling or attitude)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 輕視 /轻视 noun (a feeling or attitude)
- 鄙夷 noun (a feeling or attitude)
- 鄙薄 noun (a feeling or attitude)
- 鄙視 /鄙视 noun (a feeling or attitude)
Czech
4 entries- despekt noun (a feeling or attitude)
- opovržení noun (a feeling or attitude)
- opovržení noun (a state of being despised or dishonored)
- pohrdání noun (a feeling or attitude)
Danish
4 entries- foragt noun (a feeling or attitude)
- foragt noun (law: open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority)
- foragt for retten noun (law: open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority)
- vanære noun (a state of being despised or dishonored)
Dutch
3 entries- minachting noun (a feeling or attitude)
- minachting noun (law: open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority)
- verachting noun (a feeling or attitude)
Esperanto
1 entries- kontumaco noun (law: open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority)
Finnish
4 entries- halveksinta noun (a feeling or attitude)
- halveksunta noun (a feeling or attitude)
- kunniattomuus noun (a state of being despised or dishonored)
- oikeuden halventaminen noun (law: open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority)
French
4 entries- contemnement noun (a feeling or attitude)
- contemption noun (a feeling or attitude)
- mépris noun (a feeling or attitude)
- outrage noun (law: open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority)
Galician
1 entries- desprezo noun (a feeling or attitude)
German
4 entries- Beamtenbeleidigung noun (law: open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority)
- Blamage noun (a state of being despised or dishonored)
- Mißachtung noun (law: open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority)
- Schande noun (a state of being despised or dishonored)
Greek
4 entries- καταφρόνηση noun (a feeling or attitude)
- περιφρόνηση noun (a feeling or attitude)
- περιφρόνηση noun (a state of being despised or dishonored)
- περιφρόνηση noun (law: open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority)
Hebrew
1 entries- בּוּז noun (a feeling or attitude)
Hindi
2 entries- अवमानना noun (a feeling or attitude)
- अवमानना noun (law: open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority)
Hungarian
4 entries- figyelmen kívül hagyás noun (law: open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority)
- megvetettség noun (a state of being despised or dishonored)
- megvetés noun (a feeling or attitude)
- semmibevevés noun (law: open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority)
Icelandic
3 entries- fyrirlitning noun (a feeling or attitude)
- óvirðing noun (a state of being despised or dishonored)
- óvirðing noun (law: open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority)
Irish
2 entries- dímheas noun (a feeling or attitude)
- tarcaisne noun (a feeling or attitude)
Italian
1 entries- disprezzo noun (a feeling or attitude)
Japanese
4 entries- 侮蔑 noun (a feeling or attitude)
- 軽侮 noun (a feeling or attitude)
- 軽蔑 noun (a feeling or attitude)
- 軽蔑 noun (a state of being despised or dishonored)
Korean
1 entries- 경멸 noun (a feeling or attitude)
Latin
3 entries- contemptus noun (a feeling or attitude)
- dēspectiō noun (a feeling or attitude)
- fāstus noun (a feeling or attitude)
Macedonian
1 entries- презир noun (a feeling or attitude)
Malayalam
1 entries- പുച്ഛം noun (a feeling or attitude)
Middle French
2 entries- contemnement noun (a feeling or attitude)
- contemption noun (a feeling or attitude)
Māori
4 entries- takahi ture noun (law: open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority)
- tokorekotanga noun (a state of being despised or dishonored)
- whakahariharitaetanga noun (a state of being despised or dishonored)
- whakapu(w)hetotanga noun (a state of being despised or dishonored)
Old English
1 entries- forsewennes noun (a feeling or attitude)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- رذالت noun (a state of being despised or dishonored)
Persian
3 entries- اهانت noun (law: open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority)
- بیحرمتی noun (law: open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority)
- تحقیر noun (a feeling or attitude)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Ve'achtunk noun (a feeling or attitude)
Polish
4 entries- lekceważenie noun (a feeling or attitude)
- lekceważenie noun (a state of being despised or dishonored)
- lekceważenie noun (law: open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority)
- obraza noun (law: open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority)
Portuguese
4 entries- contempto noun (a feeling or attitude)
- desacato noun (law: open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority)
- desdém noun (a feeling or attitude)
- desprezo noun (a feeling or attitude)
Romanian
1 entries- dispreț noun (a feeling or attitude)
Russian
4 entries- бесче́стие noun (a state of being despised or dishonored)
- неуваже́ние noun (law: open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority)
- позо́р noun (a state of being despised or dishonored)
- презре́ние noun (a feeling or attitude)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- nadmenost noun (a feeling or attitude)
- nadutost noun (a feeling or attitude)
- prezir noun (a feeling or attitude)
- prezrivost noun (a feeling or attitude)
Spanish
4 entries- desacato noun (law: open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority)
- desdén noun (a feeling or attitude)
- desgracia noun (a state of being despised or dishonored)
- deshonra noun (a state of being despised or dishonored)
Swedish
4 entries- avsmak noun (a feeling or attitude)
- förakt noun (a feeling or attitude)
- missaktning noun (a state of being despised or dishonored)
- misshag noun (a feeling or attitude)
Tagalog
3 entries- desakato noun (law: open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority)
- paglapastangan noun (law: open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority)
- pagsuway noun (law: open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority)
Turkish
2 entries- hor görülmek noun (a state of being despised or dishonored)
- küçümsemek noun (a feeling or attitude)
Ukrainian
3 entries- знева́га noun (law: open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority)
- не́хтування noun (a feeling or attitude)
- прези́рство noun (a feeling or attitude)
Volapük
1 entries- nestüm noun (a feeling or attitude)
Yiddish
1 entries- פֿאַראַכטונג noun (a feeling or attitude)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
Source: tatoeba (21033)
I feel nothing but contempt for such dishonest behavior.
Source: tatoeba (49770)
I feel nothing but contempt for such behavior.
Source: tatoeba (254205)
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