All 9 Uses of
contempt
in
Madame Bovary
- Moreover she no longer concealed her contempt for anything or anybody, and at times she set herself to express singular opinions, finding fault with that which others approved, and approving things perverse and immoral, all of which made her husband open his eyes widely.†
Chpt 1.9
- "He!" she said with a gesture of contempt.†
Chpt 2.6
- "Ah! that's true," said the other, rubbing his chin with an air of mingled contempt and satisfaction.†
Chpt 2.6
- "Oh, you're going down there!" she said contemptuously.†
Chpt 2.8
- He had that incongruity of common and elegant in which the habitually vulgar think they see the revelation of an eccentric existence, of the perturbations of sentiment, the tyrannies of art, and always a certain contempt for social conventions, that seduces or exasperates them.†
Chpt 2.8
- "Sugar acid!" said the chemist contemptuously, "don't know it; I'm ignorant of it!†
Chpt 2.10
- When he did come, she showed herself cold and almost contemptuous.
Chpt 2.10 *contemptuous = showing a lack of respect
- You would have had to put up with indiscreet questions, calumny, contempt, insult perhaps.†
Chpt 2.13
- The disappointment of her failure increased the indignation of her outraged modesty; it seemed to her that Providence pursued her implacably, and, strengthening herself in her pride, she had never felt so much esteem for herself nor so much contempt for others.†
Chpt 3.7