CONTEMPT

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contempt substantiv

1. dispreţ;

to bring contempt upon oneself a-şi atrage dispreţul;

to fall into contempt a stârni dispreţ;

to have / to hold in contempt a dispreţui, a arăta dispreţ (cu dat.);

in contempt of în ciuda / pofida (cu gen.), neţinând seama de.

2. (jur.) nesupunere, insubordonare;

contempt of court sfidare a curţii.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

Oh, I have no respect for myself when I think of that act!—an agony of inward contempt masters me.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

“Sport!” she cried, with shrill contempt and anger.

(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He replied to her with as much courtesy and respect as he had shown contempt to me:—You will, of course, understand, Mrs. Harker, that when a man is so loved and honoured as our host is, everything regarding him is of interest in our little community.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

My wife and family received me with great surprise and joy, because they concluded me certainly dead; but I must freely confess the sight of them filled me only with hatred, disgust, and contempt; and the more, by reflecting on the near alliance I had to them.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, de Jonathan Swift)

Miss Dashwood, at this point, turning her eyes on him with the most angry contempt, stopped him, by saying, It is hardly worth while, Mr. Willoughby, for you to relate, or for me to listen any longer.

(Sense and Sensibility, de Jane Austen)

I don't know anything about love and such nonsense! cried Jo, with a funny mixture of interest and contempt. In novels, the girls show it by starting and blushing, fainting away, growing thin, and acting like fools.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

That she should have walked three miles so early in the day, in such dirty weather, and by herself, was almost incredible to Mrs. Hurst and Miss Bingley; and Elizabeth was convinced that they held her in contempt for it.

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

Although I cannot say that I was ill treated in this island, yet I must confess I thought myself too much neglected, not without some degree of contempt; for neither prince nor people appeared to be curious in any part of knowledge, except mathematics and music, wherein I was far their inferior, and upon that account very little regarded.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, de Jonathan Swift)

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