contempt : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: contempt	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for contempt
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
contempt n lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike; "he was held in contempt"; "the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary" Synonym(s): contempt, disdain, scorn, despite a manner that is generally disrespectful and contemptuous Synonym(s): contempt, disrespect open disrespect for a person or thing Synonym(s): contempt, scorn a willful disobedience to or disrespect for the authority of a court or legislative body
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Contempt \Contempt"\ (?; 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.