All 3 Uses of
contempt
in
The Chosen
- This community belonged to Poland, and the Polish nobles, who were Catholics, treated the Cossacks who lived there with cruelty and contempt.†
Chpt 2.6
- I heard him mutter, almost contemptuously.†
Chpt 3.17
- I had never heard that tone of contempt in his voice before.
Chpt 3.17 *contempt = disrespect (as though they were not worthy of respect)