All 15 Uses
contempt
in
Long Day's Journey into Night
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- You shouldn't treat him with such contempt all the time.
Act 2 *contempt = a lack of respect
- TYRONE Contemptuously.†
Act 1
- MARY A look of contemptuous hostility flashes across her face.†
Act 1
- JAMIE Contemptuously, Hardy only charges a dollar.†
Act 1
- His father snorts contemptuously.†
Act 1
- Jamie gives him a strange, almost contemptuous glance, wondering if his brother can really mean this.†
Act 2
- His two sons stare at him contemptuously.†
Act 2
- Then her face hardens into bitter self-contempt.†
Act 2
- Their contempt and disgust aren't pleasant company.†
Act 2
- You must try to understand and forgive him, too, and not feel contempt because he's close-fisted.†
Act 3
- EDMUND Sits down opposite his father-contemptuously.†
Act 4
- TYRONE Contemptuously.†
Act 4
- Maybe I can't help being, although all my life since I had anything I've thrown money over the bar to buy drinks for everyone in the house, or loaned money to sponges I knew would never pay it back— With a loose-mouthed sneer of self-contempt.†
Act 4
- Maybe you'll only feel more contempt for me.†
Act 4
- With contemptuous hatred.†
Act 4
Definitions:
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(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 disgustA 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 bodyFormally, this is called "contempt of court," but it is often shortened as just "contempt."
- (3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)