All 5 Uses of
contempt
in
The Grapes of Wrath
- And in the tractor man there grows the contempt that comes only to a stranger who has little understanding and no relation.†
Chpt 11
- But the machine man, driving a dead tractor on land he does not know and love, understands only chemistry; and he is contemptuous of the land and of himself.†
Chpt 11
- ...and the storekeepers hated them because they had no money to spend. There is no shorter path to a store-keeper's contempt,
Chpt 19 *contempt = disrespect with dislike
- In front of their tents the Jesus-lovers sat and watched, their faces hard and contemptuous.†
Chpt 24
- The guard grunted contemptuously.†
Chpt 26