All 4 Uses of
contempt
in
Anne Of Green Gables
- Marilla sniffed, to express her contempt for Matthew's opinions concerning anything feminine, and walked off to the dairy with the pails.†
Chpt 6
- Mrs. Rachel was not often sick and had a well-defined contempt for people who were;
Chpt 9 *contempt = disrespect
- She learned her lessons at home, did her chores, and played with Diana in the chilly purple autumn twilights; but when she met Gilbert Blythe on the road or encountered him in Sunday school she passed him by with an icy contempt that was no whit thawed by his evident desire to appease her.†
Chpt 15
- Matthew had sheepishly unfolded the dress from its paper swathings and held it out with a deprecatory glance at Marilla, who feigned to be contemptuously filling the teapot, but nevertheless watched the scene out of the corner of her eye with a rather interested air.†
Chpt 25