contempt

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He was impolite. She pretended not to notice except that she treated him with contempt.

He placed his uninjured hand in his pocket and shivered with contempt for the German wind.  (source) Markus Zusak, The Book Thief, 2005

...maybe Paul felt only contempt and pity and hate for greasers?  (source) S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders, 1967

I have done your work for you, and all you give me is mockery and contempt.  (source) Madeline Miller, Circe, 2018

...fixing me with a contemptuous gaze.  (source) Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner, 2003

She often spoke resentfully, almost contemptuously, of Mr. Grey.  (source) Robert Cormier, I Am the Cheese, 1977

He looked through her with a contemptuousness such as she could not have imagined.  (source) Sinclair Lewis, Main Street, 1920

He was an impartial and unexcitable umpire at all our bedlam sporting events, a master fire builder and extinguisher, and an expert, uncontemptuous first-aid man.†  (source) J. D. Salinger, The Laughing Man, 1949

Now I see nothing but contempt in the glances of the Career Tributes.  (source) Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games, 2008

In Georgia I'd seen people angered by my father before, or intimidated, but not contemptuous.  (source) Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible, 1998

Sarah turned, looking at him contemptuously.  (source) Nicholas Sparks, A Bend in the Road, 2001

There was a contemptuousness and sonorous menace that must have made him particularly feared among the plebes.†  (source) Pat Conroy, The Lords of Discipline, 1980

He was an impartial and unexcitable umpire at all our bedlam sporting events, a master fire builder and extinguisher, and an expert, uncontemptuous first-aid man.†  (source) J. D. Salinger, Nine Stories, 1953

The reporter refused to identify her source and the judge had her imprisoned for contempt of court.

[judge speaking:] ...you come before me on contempt charges.  (source) Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, 1960

The magistrate huffed and ordered the prosecutor to remove Hatter from the rug or he would find himself in prison for contempt of court.  (source) Frank Beddor, The Looking Glass Wars, 2006

To Giles: You are under arrest in contempt of this court.  (source) Arthur Miller, The Crucible, 1953

Miss Snell, this body is empowered to cite you for contempt if you refuse to answer on any other grounds than Constitutional ones.  (source) Stephen King, Carrie, 1974

The judge told Minerva if she tried one more time, she would be in contempt, and the sentence and fine would be increased.  (source) Julia Alvarez, In the Time of the Butterflies, 1994

Once more, sir, and you will be cited for contempt.  (source) Alexs Pate, Amistad, 1997

He didn't care if it was contempt of court or what would happen to him for it.  (source) Stephen Vincent Benét, The Devil and Daniel Webster, 1937

You are both in contempt of court, both of you!  (source) Theodore Dreiser, An American Tragedy, 1925

I have been in prison for contempt of court.  (source) Charles Dickens, Bleak House, 1853

M. de Villefort would stifle the affair; he had only to turn his eyes on one side, and allow Andrea to fly, and follow up the crime under that shadow of guilt called contempt of court.  (source) Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo, 1846

HATHORNE: I think they must both be arrested in contempt, sir.  (source) Arthur Miller, The Crucible, 1953

He planned to cite any outburst from that group as an action in contempt of the court and have the offending person or persons dismissed for the remainder of the trial.  (source) Alexs Pate, Amistad, 1997