All 7 Uses of
contempt
in
Steppenwolf
- I saw at the same time that the root of his pessimism was not world-contempt but self-contempt; for however mercilessly he might annihilate institutions and persons in his talk he never spared himself.†
- I saw at the same time that the root of his pessimism was not world-contempt but self-contempt; for however mercilessly he might annihilate institutions and persons in his talk he never spared himself.†
- I read the Steppenwolf treatise through again many times, now submitting gratefully to an invisible magician because of his wise conduct of my destiny, now with scorn and contempt for its futility, and the little understanding it showed of my actual disposition and predicament.†
- Suppose that today cowardice won a victory over despair, tomorrow and each succeeding day I would again face despair heightened by self-contempt.†
- She looked at me quite coldly, with real contempt, and again something in her face reminded me of my youth.
*contempt = disrespect (and perhaps disgust or intense dislike)
- Hermine looked at me contemptuously.†
- Chocolate was put before him, but with a contemptuous sniff he thrust it from him with his snout.†