- Types Of Speech
- You can use contempt as a noun in a sentence.
- About Contempt
- A 2 syllables noun and 8 letters with the letters c, e, m, n, o, p, and t, 6 consonants, 2 vowels and 2 syllables with the middle letters te. Contempt starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters c, co, con, cont, conte, and the ending characters are t, pt, mpt, empt, tempt, ..
- Definition
- A willful disobedience to or disrespect for the authority of a court or legislative body
- Origin/Roots
- Latin
- Compound Words
- A compound word, contempt has more than one word within it. There's 2 words which are con, and tempt.
- School Grade
- Contempt is set as a sat word that starts with c, ends with t, 2 syllables, 2 vowels and 8 letters.
- Pig Latin
- Contempt in Pig Latin is said as "ontemptcay or ontemptcway".
- Unigram
- c | o | n | t | e | m | p | t
- Bigram
- co | on | nt | te | em | mp | pt
- Trigram
- con | ont | nte | tem | emp | mpt
- Quadrigram
- cont | onte | ntem | temp | empt
- Word Gram
- Noun Examples
- a willful disobedience to or disrespect for the authority of a court or legislative body
- a manner that is generally disrespectful and contemptuous
- open disrespect for a person or thing
- 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 | Definition |
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Abhorrence | hate coupled with disgust |
Abjuration | a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion |
Abjurement | |
Abnegation | renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others |
Abomination | an action that is vicious or vile an action that arouses disgust or abhorence "his treatment of the children is an abomination" |
Abuse | cruel or inhumane treatment |
Affront | a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of an affront "turning his back on me was a deliberate insult" |
Antipathy | the object of a feeling of intense aversion something to be avoided "cats were his greatest antipathy" |
Archness | inappropriate playfulness |
Arrogance | overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors |
View all cognitive synonyms for Contempt
Anagram | Definition |
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Contempt | a willful disobedience to or disrespect for the authority of a court or legislative body |
View English words with the unique letters used in contempt. Words With The Letters Cemnopt
Word | Definition |
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Disobedience | the failure to obey |
Noncompliance | the failure to obey |
Word | Definition |
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Contempt Of Congress | |
Contempt Of Court |
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Negative Feelings | Describe contempt | A word list of negative feeling words and the best English words to describe negative emotions. Emotional negative words... read more |
Contempt Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With C
- Ends With T
- Spelled With / Contains Letters