Collocations for "contempt"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "contempt" in context.
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contempt
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [great, increasing, furious] contempt
- holds [him, the criminal] in utter contempt
- has a lot of contempt for him
- held in contempt by [others, his colleagues, the profession]
- is the object of their contempt
- treated them with [complete, total, pure] contempt
- the [children, prisoners, workers] were treated with contempt
- had a [face, look, gaze] of pure contempt
- gave them a look of contempt
- Contempt was [evident, obvious] in his eyes.
- Her eyes were full of contempt.
- (utter) contempt for [democracy, students, authority]
- [vented, expressed, aired] his contempt for
- is a breeding ground for contempt
- idiom: Familiarity breeds contempt.
- law: charged with contempt of court
- law: charged with contempt
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