All 7 Uses of
contempt
in
A Tale of Two Cities
- Pride, contempt, defiance, stubbornness, submission, lamentation, succeeded one another; so did varieties of sunken cheek, cadaverous colour, emaciated hands and figures.†
Chpt 1.3
- looked down upon him with the loftiest contempt.
Chpt 2.7 *contempt = lack of respect
- It was not for his dignity to notice it; his contemptuous eyes passed over her, and over all the other rats; and he leaned back in his seat again, and gave the word "Go on!"†
Chpt 2.7
- "How, then?" cried madame, contemptuously.†
Chpt 2.22
- "He answered with great contempt, 'No.'†
Chpt 3.10
- "I have observed his face!" repeated madame, contemptuously and angrily.†
Chpt 3.12
- He was so very demonstrative herein, that he might have been suspected (perhaps was, by the dark eyes that looked contemptuously at him out of Madame Defarge's head) of having his small individual fears for his own personal safety, every hour in the day.†
Chpt 3.14