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"She is a fool," Nathan said contemptuously when I told him.
Chpt 2 *

contemptuously = with disrespect
"You are a village girl," said Kunthi, and there were shadows of contempt moving behind her eyes.†
Chpt 4
She was so different from us, sly and secretive, with a faintly contemptuous air about her which in her son was turned almost to insolence.†
Chpt 9
"Mine are not the same as yours," I said with contempt, surveying her.†
Chpt 11
"As no doubt you can," I said with contempt, and then an inspiration came to me and I went on: "Unless you pay a fair price I shall take these saris elsewhere.†
Chpt 13
"Not to beg from," she interrupted with a flicker of contempt.†
Chpt 14
There is still enough for nine days, I thought, not with comfort but with desolation, and hatred came welling up again for her who had deprived me of the grain, and contempt for myself who had relinquished it.†
Chpt 14
"Rest!" she said contemptuously.†
Chpt 16
"A whore's tale," I said contemptuously, "as suspect as her body."†
Chpt 18
His tone was contemptuous.†
Chpt 18
He turned away from her contemptuously and began clicking his fingers to the child.†
Chpt 20
"And what would I do there," said Puli contemptuously, "in these green fields of yours I know nothing about!†
Chpt 27

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)