Contempt
Synonyms for contempt
noun disdain, disrespect
distaste
mockery
derision
condescension
antipathy
ridicule
malice
disregard
defiance
scorn
hatred
neglect
snobbery
repugnance
despisal
stubbornness
despite
indignity
slight
contumely
audacity
disesteem
aversion
recalcitrance
despisement
Antonyms for contempt
flattery
praise
friendliness
liking
obedience
compliment
admiration
affection
approbation
endorsement
like
love
loving
respect
approval
esteem
honor
regard
sympathy
care
sanction
Synonyms
noun state of disgrace
shame
ignominy
humiliation
infamy
dishonor
discredit
disesteem
disrepute
disfavor
stigma
opprobrium
insignificancy
Antonyms
admiration
affection
approbation
endorsement
credit
esteem
honor
approval
love
regard
respect
sanction
Concept Thesaurus for word contempt
2. Moral sentiments
Synonyms – noun
contempt
despisal
contumely
by-word
smile of contempt
disdain
despiciency
slight
despect.
derision (disrespect)
scorn
despisement
sneer
contemptuousness
[State of being despised] despisedness.
sovereign contempt
vilipendency
spurn
scornful eye
Synonyms – verbs
despise
feel contempt for
not mind
hold in contempt
make light of
take no account of
sneeze at (unimportance)[more]
snap one’s fingers at
“damn with faint praise”
curl up one’s lip
point the finger of scorn
hoot
turn one’s back upon
trample under foot
send away with a flea in the ear.
contemn
view with a scornful eye
pass by (neglect)
hold in disrespect
underestimate
care nothing for
set at naught
shrug one’s shoulders
[Pope]
toss the head
hold up to scorn
flout
turn a cold shoulder upon
spurn
scorn
disregard
look down upon
think nothing of
esteem slightly
set no store by
laugh in one’s sleeve
turn up one’s nose at
whistle at
traiter de haut enbas
laugh to scorn
hiss
tread upon
kick
disdain
slight
hold cheap
think small beer of
esteem of small or no account
not care a straw
laugh up one’s sleeve
pooh-pooh
sneer at
laugh at (be disrespectful)
scout
scoff at.
trample upon
fling to the winds (repudiate)
Synonyms – adjectives
contemptuous
contumelious
bumptious
despicable
downtrodden
disdainful
supercilious
cavalier
pitiable
unenvied.
scornful
cynical
derisive.
pitiful (unimportant)
withering
haughty
contemptible
despised
Synonyms – phrases
“a dismal universal hiss, the sound of public scorn” [Paradise Lost]; “I had rather be a dog and bay the moon than such a Roman” [Julius Caesar].
Antonyms
respect
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