All 12 Uses of

contempt
in
Oliver Twist

'They haven't no more philosophy nor political economy about 'em than that,' said the beadle, snapping his fingers contemptuously.†
Chpt 4

contemptuously = with disrespect

He had listened to their taunts with a look of contempt;
Chpt 7 *

contempt = disrespect and dislike

'Officer!' said Mr. Fang, tossing the card contemptuously away with the newspaper.†
Chpt 11

contemptuously = with disrespect

'Appears against the boy, does he?' said Mr. Fang, surveying Mr. Brownlow contemptuously from head to foot.†
Chpt 11

'You're a nice one,' added Sikes, as he surveyed her with a contemptuous air, 'to take up the humane and gen—teel side!†
Chpt 16

contemptuous = showing a lack of respect

'Who's that?' inquired Tom Chitling, casting a contemptuous look at Oliver.†
Chpt 18

The Jew glanced contemptuously at the pale face of his associate, and, telling him he could follow, if he pleased, ascended the stairs.†
Chpt 26

contemptuously = with disrespect

'Grin away,' said Sikes, replacing the poker, and surveying him with savage contempt; 'grin away.†
Chpt 15

With a hoarse grunt of contempt, Mr. Sikes seized the glass, and threw the remainder of its contents into the ashes: as a preparatory ceremony to filling it again for himself: which he did at once.†
Chpt 19

'We call it a put-up robbery, ladies,' said Blathers, turning to them, as if he pitied their ignorance, but had a contempt for the doctor's, 'when the servants is in it.'†
Chpt 31

'What a precious muddle-headed chap you are!' said Duff, addressing Mr. Giles, with supreme contempt.†
Chpt 31

Definitions:

(1) (contempt as in: feels contempt towards her)
lack of respect for someone or something thought inferior -- often accompanied by a feeling of dislike or disgust

A famous saying, "familiarity breeds contempt" comes from Aesop's fable, "The Fox and the Lion". (6th century BC)

When first the Fox saw the Lion he was terribly frightened, and ran away and hid himself in the wood. Next time however he came near the King of Beasts he stopped at a safe distance and watched him pass by. The third time they came near one another the Fox went straight up to the Lion and passed the time of day with him, asking him how his family were, and when he should have the pleasure of seeing him again; then turning his tail, he parted from the Lion without much ceremony.

The moral is traditionally, "Familiarity breeds contempt"; though an alternative moral is "Acquaintance softens prejudices."
(2) (contempt as in: held in contempt of court)
the crime of willful disobedience to or disrespect for the authority of a court or legislative body

Formally, this is called "contempt of court," but it is often shortened as just "contempt."