He tried to veil his contempt at my ignorance.
One must speak of him bluntly and, if need be, with the appropriate contempt.
In so doing, they violate copyright laws, and criminologists would hypothesize they thereby learn contempt for laws in general.
Former aide to presidential candidate John Edwards is held in contempt of court for not turning over a personal videotape.
True, often there is a kind of innocence in prejudices, but in those days I viewed grade-three thinking with an intolerant contempt and an incautious mockery.
She drank a little milk as temporary refreshment - to the surprise - indeed, slight contempt - of Dairyman Crick, to whose mind it had apparently never occurred that milk was good as a beverage.
He interpreted the silence as contempt.
Nothing but contempt is due to those people who ask us to submit to unmerited oppression.
Her story has unleashed an outpouring of public contempt for the sleaze that surrounds so many civil servants.
There was a touch of paternal contempt in it, eventoward people he liked—and there were men at New Haven who had hated his guts.
They would’ve been one of those couples who had married young, and had, over the years, developed their separate ways to live with the mistake, he with his tyranny, she with her wordless contempt.
"dammit:Used to express anger, irritation, contempt, or disappointment."
It also suggests the contempt the country's uniformed leaders display towards their civilian counterparts.
She was acquitted on the obstruction of justice charge and, according to press reports, the jury deadlocked 7-5 for acquittal on the contempt charges.
Her laugh, her sniffs of contempt, and her angry or enthusiastic remarks left no doubt that she was following the action intently, and that she found both Emilia and Luise to be silly little girls.
(usu male)person regarded with contempt;ruthless or cruel person
Men are more likely to hide surprise and fear while women control disgust, contempt and anger and many other emotions.
If you wish to grow thinner, diminish your dinner, And take to light claret instead of pale ale;Look down with an utter contempt upon butter, And never touch bread till it's toasted--or stale.
Faria replied to this sarcasm with a glance of profound contempt. They went out.
Hardworking, honest citizens chafe at corrupt officials who treat them with contempt and get rich quick. And the party still makes an ass of the law and a mockery of justice.
Lo, I teach you the Superman: he is that sea; in him can your great contempt be submerged.
So he spit in contempt on his father's speculating.
Such behaviour is beneath contempt.
The judge's decision sets a precedent for future cases of contempt of court.
In June the tribunal held Zimbabwe to be in contempt of court for failing to enforce its earlier ruling and asked SADC to take up the matter urgently.
I am not a fool. Henceforth I will stand on my own feet and my terrible crutches of self-pity and self-contempt have been cast aside forever.
