All 6 Uses of
contempt
in
Ulysses by James Joyce
- RUDOLPH: (With contempt) Goim nachez!
Chpt 15 (definition 1)contempt = lack of respect
- (He spits in contempt) Spittoon!
Chpt 15 (definition 1)
- BELLA: (Contemptuously) You're not game, in fact.
Chpt 15 (definition 1) *contemptuously = with disrespect
- BLOOM: (Contemptuously) Clean your nailless middle finger first, your bully's cold spunk is dripping from your cockscomb.†
Chpt 15 (definition 1)
- The unsympathetic indifference of previously amiable females, the contempt of muscular males, the acceptance of fragments of bread, the simulated ignorance of casual acquaintances, the latration of illegitimate unlicensed vagabond dogs, the infantile discharge of decomposed vegetable missiles, worth little or nothing, nothing or less than nothing.†
Chpt 17 (definition 1)
- …highway robbery, cruelty to children and animals, obtaining money under false pretences, forgery, embezzlement, misappropriation of public money, betrayal of public trust, malingering, mayhem, corruption of minors, criminal libel, blackmail, contempt of court, arson, treason, felony, mutiny on the high seas, trespass, burglary, jailbreaking, practice of unnatural vice, desertion from armed forces in the field, perjury, poaching, usury, intelligence with the king's enemies,…
Chpt 17 (definition 2) *contempt = the crime of willful disobedience to or disrespect for the authority of a