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Noun [English]

IPA: /kənˈtɛmpt/ Audio: en-us-contempt.ogg [US] Forms: contempts [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛmpt Etymology: From Latin contemptus (“scorn”), from contemnō (“I scorn, despise”), from com- + temnō (“I despise”). Displaced native Old English forsewennes. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|contemptus|t=scorn}} Latin contemptus (“scorn”), {{m|la|contemnō|t=I scorn, despise}} contemnō (“I scorn, despise”), {{m|la|com-}} com-, {{m|la|temnō|t=I despise}} temnō (“I despise”), {{noncog|ang|forsewennes}} Old English forsewennes Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} contempt (countable and uncountable, plural contempts)
  1. (uncountable) The state or act of contemning; the feeling or attitude of regarding someone or something as inferior, base, or worthless; scorn, disdain. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Emotions Translations (a feeling or attitude): καταφρόνημα (kataphrónēma) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), ὑπεροψία (huperopsía) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), اِحْتِقَار (iḥtiqār) [masculine] (Arabic), اِزْدِرَاء (izdirāʔ) [masculine] (Arabic), пага́рда (pahárda) [feminine] (Belarusian), презре́ние (prezrénie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), пренебреже́ние (prenebrežénie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), menyspreu [masculine] (Catalan), 鄙夷 (bǐyí) (Chinese Mandarin), 鄙薄 (bǐbó) (Chinese Mandarin), 鄙視 (Chinese Mandarin), 鄙视 (bǐshì) (Chinese Mandarin), 輕視 (Chinese Mandarin), 轻视 (qīngshì) (Chinese Mandarin), opovržení [neuter] (Czech), despekt [masculine] (Czech), pohrdání [neuter] (Czech), přezírání [neuter] (Czech), foragt [common-gender] (Danish), verachting [feminine] (Dutch), minachting [feminine] (Dutch), halveksunta (Finnish), halveksinta (Finnish), ylenkatse (Finnish), mépris [masculine] (French), desprezo [masculine] (Galician), Verachtung [feminine] (German), περιφρόνηση (perifrónisi) [feminine] (Greek), καταφρόνηση (katafrónisi) [feminine] (Greek), בוז (buz) [masculine] (Hebrew), megvetés (Hungarian), fyrirlitning [feminine] (Icelandic), dímheas [masculine] (Irish), tarcaisne [feminine] (Irish), disprezzo [masculine] (Italian), 軽蔑 (keibetsu) (Japanese), 軽侮 (keibu) (Japanese), 侮蔑 (bubetsu) (Japanese), 경멸 (gyeongmyeol) (Korean), contemptus [masculine] (Latin), dēspectiō [feminine] (Latin), fastus [masculine] (Latin), презир (prezir) [masculine] (Macedonian), പുച്ഛം (pucchaṁ) (Malayalam), forsewennes [feminine] (Old English), تحقیر (tahqir) (Persian), Ve'achtunk [feminine] (Plautdietsch), pogarda [feminine] (Polish), lekceważenie [neuter] (Polish), desprezo [masculine] (Portuguese), desdém [masculine] (Portuguese), contempto [masculine] (Portuguese), dispreț [neuter] (Romanian), презре́ние (prezrénije) [neuter] (Russian), пренебреже́ние (prenebrežénije) [neuter] (Russian), nadmenost [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), nadutost [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), prezrivost [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), prezir [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), desprecio [masculine] (Spanish), desdén [masculine] (Spanish), missnöje [neuter] (Swedish), misshag (Swedish), förakt [neuter] (Swedish), avsmak [common-gender] (Swedish), küçümsemek (Turkish), прези́рство (prezýrstvo) (Ukrainian), не́хтування (néxtuvannja) (Ukrainian), nestüm (Volapük), פֿאַראַכטונג (farakhtung) [feminine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-contempt-en-noun-JikPKNqC Disambiguation of Emotions: 27 35 7 31 Disambiguation of 'a feeling or attitude': 82 10 3 5
  2. The state of being despised or dishonored; disgrace. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Emotions Translations (a state of being despised or dishonored): opovržení [neuter] (Czech), ponížení [neuter] (Czech), vanære [common-gender] (Danish), kunniattomuus (Finnish), Schande [feminine] (German), Blamage [feminine] (German), περιφρόνηση (perifrónisi) [feminine] (Greek), megvetettség (Hungarian), óvirðing [feminine] (Icelandic), 軽蔑 (keibetsu) (Japanese), whakahariharitaetanga (Maori), whakapu(w)hetotanga (Maori), tokorekotanga (Maori), pogarda [feminine] (Polish), lekceważenie [neuter] (Polish), позо́р (pozór) [masculine] (Russian), бесче́стие (besčéstije) [neuter] (Russian), desgracia [feminine] (Spanish), deshonra [feminine] (Spanish), vergüenza [feminine] (Spanish), missaktning [common-gender] (Swedish), hor görülmek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-contempt-en-noun-0kE9JkN0 Disambiguation of Emotions: 27 35 7 31 Disambiguation of 'a state of being despised or dishonored': 15 72 3 10
  3. (law) Open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority of a court of law or legislative body. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Law Translations (law: open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority): неуважение (neuvaženie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), foragt [common-gender] (Danish), foragt for retten (Danish), minachting [feminine] (Dutch), kontumaco (Esperanto), oikeuden halventaminen (english: open disrespect of a court of law) (Finnish), outrage [masculine] (French), Mißachtung [feminine] (German), Beamtenbeleidigung (German), περιφρόνηση (perifrónisi) [feminine] (Greek), figyelmen kívül hagyás (Hungarian), semmibevétel (Hungarian), semmibevevés (Hungarian), óvirðing [feminine] (Icelandic), takahi ture (Maori), اهانت (ehânat) (Persian), بیحرمتی (bi-hormati) (Persian), lekceważenie [neuter] (Polish), obraza [feminine] (Polish), desacato [masculine] (Portuguese), неуваже́ние (neuvažénije) [neuter] (Russian), desacato [masculine] (Spanish), pagsuway (Tagalog), paglapastangan (Tagalog), знева́га (zneváha) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-contempt-en-noun-CEoEIgEq Topics: law Disambiguation of 'law: open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority': 5 7 79 9
  4. (chess, uncountable) Ellipsis of contempt factor. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable Alternative form of: contempt factor Categories (topical): Chess, Emotions
    Sense id: en-contempt-en-noun-~Rx0J90o Disambiguation of Emotions: 27 35 7 31 Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 28 10 47 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 18 27 12 44 Topics: board-games, chess, games
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cōtempt, cõtempt [obsolete], contempt, despect, despiciency [obsolete], despisal, despisement, disdain, scorn Related terms: contemn, contemnor, despise, ridicule, cheeky, bah

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          "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
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          "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
          "word": "megvetés"
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          "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
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          "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
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          "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "disprezzo"
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          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "keibetsu",
          "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
          "word": "軽蔑"
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        {
          "_dis1": "82 10 3 5",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "keibu",
          "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
          "word": "軽侮"
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        {
          "_dis1": "82 10 3 5",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "bubetsu",
          "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
          "word": "侮蔑"
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        {
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gyeongmyeol",
          "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
          "word": "경멸"
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          "code": "la",
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          "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "dēspectiō"
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        {
          "_dis1": "82 10 3 5",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "fastus"
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        {
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "prezir",
          "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "презир"
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          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "pucchaṁ",
          "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
          "word": "പുച്ഛം"
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          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "82 10 3 5",
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "a state of being despised or dishonored",
          "tags": [
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            "feminine"
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          "lang": "Polish",
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          "tags": [
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          "sense": "a state of being despised or dishonored",
          "tags": [
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            "neuter"
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          "_dis1": "15 72 3 10",
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          "sense": "a state of being despised or dishonored",
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          "sense": "law: open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority",
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          "word": "Beamtenbeleidigung"
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        {
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          "sense": "law: open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority",
          "word": "figyelmen kívül hagyás"
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          "text": "Transport Minister Marples, meanwhile, used arrogant rhetoric and showed his personal contempt for railways when confirming in Parliament that a third of the network was to be closed even before the survey results were known.",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "اِزْدِرَاء"
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      "roman": "pahárda",
      "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "prezrénie",
      "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "презре́ние"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "prenebrežénie",
      "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "пренебреже́ние"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "menyspreu"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bǐyí",
      "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
      "word": "鄙夷"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bǐbó",
      "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
      "word": "鄙薄"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
      "word": "鄙視"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bǐshì",
      "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
      "word": "鄙视"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
      "word": "輕視"
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      "roman": "qīngshì",
      "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
      "word": "轻视"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "opovržení"
    },
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      "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "foragt"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "verachting"
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "minachting"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
      "word": "halveksunta"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
      "word": "halveksinta"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
      "word": "ylenkatse"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "mépris"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "desprezo"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Verachtung"
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      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "perifrónisi",
      "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "hu",
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      "word": "megvetés"
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fyrirlitning"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dímheas"
    },
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tarcaisne"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "disprezzo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "keibetsu",
      "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
      "word": "軽蔑"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "keibu",
      "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
      "word": "軽侮"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "bubetsu",
      "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
      "word": "侮蔑"
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    {
      "code": "ko",
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      "roman": "gyeongmyeol",
      "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
      "word": "경멸"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "contemptus"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dēspectiō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fastus"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "prezir",
      "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "презир"
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    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "pucchaṁ",
      "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
      "word": "പുച്ഛം"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "forsewennes"
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    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "tahqir",
      "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
      "word": "تحقیر"
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      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ve'achtunk"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pogarda"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "lekceważenie"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "desprezo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "desdém"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "contempto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "dispreț"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prezrénije",
      "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "презре́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prenebrežénije",
      "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "пренебреже́ние"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
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      "word": "nadmenost"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
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      "word": "nadutost"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prezrivost"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
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      "word": "prezir"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "desprecio"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "desdén"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "missnöje"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
      "word": "misshag"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "förakt"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "avsmak"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
      "word": "küçümsemek"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "prezýrstvo",
      "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
      "word": "прези́рство"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "néxtuvannja",
      "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
      "word": "не́хтування"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
      "word": "nestüm"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "farakhtung",
      "sense": "a feeling or attitude",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "פֿאַראַכטונג"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "a state of being despised or dishonored",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "opovržení"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "a state of being despised or dishonored",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ponížení"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "a state of being despised or dishonored",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "vanære"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a state of being despised or dishonored",
      "word": "kunniattomuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a state of being despised or dishonored",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Schande"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a state of being despised or dishonored",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Blamage"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "perifrónisi",
      "sense": "a state of being despised or dishonored",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "περιφρόνηση"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a state of being despised or dishonored",
      "word": "megvetettség"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "a state of being despised or dishonored",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "óvirðing"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "keibetsu",
      "sense": "a state of being despised or dishonored",
      "word": "軽蔑"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a state of being despised or dishonored",
      "word": "whakahariharitaetanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a state of being despised or dishonored",
      "word": "whakapu(w)hetotanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a state of being despised or dishonored",
      "word": "tokorekotanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a state of being despised or dishonored",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pogarda"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a state of being despised or dishonored",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "lekceważenie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pozór",
      "sense": "a state of being despised or dishonored",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "позо́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "besčéstije",
      "sense": "a state of being despised or dishonored",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "бесче́стие"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a state of being despised or dishonored",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "desgracia"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a state of being despised or dishonored",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "deshonra"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a state of being despised or dishonored",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vergüenza"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a state of being despised or dishonored",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "missaktning"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a state of being despised or dishonored",
      "word": "hor görülmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "neuvaženie",
      "sense": "law: open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "неуважение"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "law: open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "foragt"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "law: open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority",
      "word": "foragt for retten"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "law: open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "minachting"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "law: open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority",
      "word": "kontumaco"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "open disrespect of a court of law",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "law: open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority",
      "word": "oikeuden halventaminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "law: open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "outrage"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "law: open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Mißachtung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "law: open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority",
      "word": "Beamtenbeleidigung"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "perifrónisi",
      "sense": "law: open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "περιφρόνηση"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "law: open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority",
      "word": "figyelmen kívül hagyás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "law: open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority",
      "word": "semmibevétel"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "law: open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority",
      "word": "semmibevevés"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "law: open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "óvirðing"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "law: open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority",
      "word": "takahi ture"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "ehânat",
      "sense": "law: open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority",
      "word": "اهانت"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "bi-hormati",
      "sense": "law: open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority",
      "word": "بیحرمتی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "law: open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "lekceważenie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "law: open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "obraza"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "law: open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "desacato"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "neuvažénije",
      "sense": "law: open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "неуваже́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "law: open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "desacato"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "law: open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority",
      "word": "pagsuway"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "law: open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority",
      "word": "paglapastangan"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zneváha",
      "sense": "law: open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority",
      "word": "знева́га"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "contempt"
  ],
  "word": "contempt"
}

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