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The answer CONTEMPT has 127 possible clue(s) in existing crosswords.
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Definitions of contempt in various dictionaries:
noun - lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
noun - a manner that is generally disrespectful and contemptuous
noun - open disrespect for a person or thing
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| Possible Jeopardy Clues |
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| An Aesop moral says "Familiarity breeds" this |
| Something lowly may be "beneath" this synonym for "disdain" |
| "Familiarity breeds..." |
| Fingers were flying when New York Times reporter Judith Miller was jailed for this |
| Familiarity is said to breed this, from the Latin for "despise" |
| This "of court" may be direct, like using insulting language, or indirect, like refusal to obey a lawful order |
| A judge may never hold you in awe, but he can hold you in this antonym of awe |
| Possible Dictionary Clues |
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| The feeling that a person or a thing is worthless or beneath consideration. |
| the feeling that a person or a thing is worthless or beneath consideration. |
| The feeling or attitude of regarding someone or something as inferior, base, or worthless scorn. |
| The state of being despised or dishonored disgrace. |
| Open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority of a court of law or legislative body. |
| 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 |
| a strong feeling of disliking and having no respect for someone or something: |
| Contempt description |
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| Contempt, not classified among Paul Ekman's six basic emotions of anger, disgust, fear, happiness, sadness, and surprise, is a mixture of disgust and anger. The word originated in 1393, from the Latin word contemptus meaning "scorn". It is the past participle of contemnere and from com- intensive prefix + temnere "to slight, scorn". The origin is uncertain. Contemptuous appeared in 1529.Robert C. Solomon places contempt on the same continuum as resentment and anger, and he argues that the differences between the three are that resentment is anger directed toward a higher-status individual; anger is directed toward an equal-status individual; and contempt is anger directed toward a lower-status individual. |
| Related Answers |
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| deride |
| DERISION |
| DESPISE |
| DISDAIN |
| DISPARAGE |
| DISPARAGEMENT |
| FLOUT |
| IRE |
| LOOKAON |
| LOOKDOWNON |