All 10 Uses

contempt
in
The Thief, by Turner
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In the dark he hadn't been able to see the contempt on my face, but he could hear it in my voice.
Chpt 10 *

contempt = disrespect and dislike
As she went away, she looked over at Useless the Elder and sniffed in contempt, so I had an explanation for the ferocious glare.†
Chpt 3
Ambiades looked on in contempt, unaware, it seemed, that it was his dignity that Sophos had spared.†
Chpt 3
I liked to watch him lose his temper and then regain it when he remembered that I was supposed to be beneath his contempt.†
Chpt 4
Ambiades caught me staring, and his envy was replaced by righteous contempt.†
Chpt 6
He didn't look at me as he spoke, but Ambiades cast a contemptuous glance in my direction.†
Chpt 7
He leaned over me, his face ugly in contempt.†
Chpt 7
Ambiades's contempt made Sophos writhe.†
Chpt 7
I took it by the blunt part of the blade just below the hilt and raised it to him before he turned to hurry after the magus, who had looked back once to snort in contempt before disappearing between the boulders.†
Chpt 10
I rolled my head back in contempt.†
Chpt 12

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."
(3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)