have contempt

Frequency: 8.016.1 per million words

to hold the feeling of contempt for someone or something

contemptVERB + NOUN

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Examples (10)

  • He has great contempt for people who are lazy.
  • She had nothing but contempt for the way he treated his staff.
  • The veteran politician had utter contempt for the newcomer's naive ideas.
  • Why do you have such contempt for traditional art forms?
  • I've always had a certain contempt for those who blindly follow trends.
  • Despite their wealth, he had a deep contempt for their lack of integrity.
  • The scientist had contempt for any theory not backed by empirical evidence.
  • It's surprising that she has such open contempt for her boss.
  • As a young artist, he had a healthy contempt for the commercial art world.
  • They seem to have a thinly disguised contempt for their customers.