as in disdain
open dislike for someone or something considered unworthy of one's concern or respect
my undying contempt for people who abuse animals
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In 1956, Reich was charged with contempt for violating the injunction and sentenced to two years in prison.
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Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 8 Dec. 2024
Navarro got out of prison earlier this year after being convicted of two counts of contempt of Congress for defying a congressional subpoena from a House committee investigating the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
—Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2024
He was convicted on two counts of contempt of Congress.
—Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 4 Dec. 2024
If Scarborough is just going to continue to channel the deep state’s refusal to accept the right of Trump to staff his administration by trying to impugn those picks, he’s learned nothing about why so many have such contempt for the legacy media.
—Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 2 Dec. 2024
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Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 8 Dec. 2024
Navarro got out of prison earlier this year after being convicted of two counts of contempt of Congress for defying a congressional subpoena from a House committee investigating the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
—Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2024
He was convicted on two counts of contempt of Congress.
—Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 4 Dec. 2024
If Scarborough is just going to continue to channel the deep state’s refusal to accept the right of Trump to staff his administration by trying to impugn those picks, he’s learned nothing about why so many have such contempt for the legacy media.
—Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 2 Dec. 2024
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“Contempt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contempt. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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