Contempt vs. Haughty

Contemptnoun

(uncountable) The state or act of contemning; the feeling or attitude of regarding someone or something as inferior, base, or worthless; scorn, disdain.

Contemptnoun

The state of being despised or dishonored; disgrace.

Contemptnoun

(legal) Open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority of a court of law or legislative body.

Contemptnoun

The act of contemning or despising; the feeling with which one regards that which is esteemed mean, vile, or worthless; disdain; scorn.

Contemptnoun

The state of being despised; disgrace; shame.

Contemptnoun

An act or expression denoting contempt.

Contemptnoun

Disobedience of the rules, orders, or process of a court of justice, or of rules or orders of a legislative body; disorderly, contemptuous, or insolent language or behavior in presence of a court, tending to disturb its proceedings, or impair the respect due to its authority.

Contemptnoun

lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike;

Contemptnoun

a manner that is generally disrespectful and contemptuous

Contemptnoun

open disrespect for a person or thing

Contemptnoun

a willful disobedience to or disrespect for the authority of a court or legislative body

Contemptnoun

the feeling that a person or a thing is worthless or beneath consideration

Contemptnoun

disregard for something that should be considered

Contemptnoun

the offence of being disobedient to or disrespectful of a court of law and its officers

Contempt

Contempt is a pattern of attitudes and behaviour, often towards an individual or group, but sometimes towards an ideology, which has the characteristics of disgust and anger.The word originated in 1393 in Old French contempt, contemps, from the Latin word contemptus meaning . It is the past participle of contemnere and from con- intensive prefix + temnere .

Haughtyadjective

Conveying in demeanour the assumption of superiority; disdainful, supercilious.

Haughtyadjective

High; lofty; bold.

Haughtyadjective

Disdainfully or contemptuously proud; arrogant; overbearing.

Haughtyadjective

Indicating haughtiness; as, a haughty carriage.

Haughtyadjective

having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy;