hold in contempt's Usage Examples:

Most of the employees are white ethnics whom the locals hold in contempt.

and the NGO Human Rights Watch, which said of the delegation, "they hold in contempt the principles of free and fair elections, an independent media, and.

a sign of integrity: There are some anti-Mormons out there that I hold in contempt.

Wives of Windsor is Shakespeare's only play that he himself seems to hold in contempt, even as he indites it.

After a rocky courtship he marries a woman he grows to hold in contempt, though he is too polite to let it show.

commented afterwards, "There was one contribution that I can only hold in contempt, but I'm not going to comment further.

contempt or strong disapproval: qiáobùqǐ (瞧不起) = To look down upon or to hold in contempt.

latter had completely transformed into the thing which the author(s) hold in contempt.

The full House voted in February 2008 to hold in contempt White House Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten and Harriet Miers, former.

Synonyms:

despite; disdain; scorn; dislike;

Antonyms:

liking; friendliness; approval; like; approve;