(n.) The act of contemning or despising; the feeling with which one regards that which is esteemed mean, vile, or worthless; disdain; scorn.
(n.) The state of being despised; disgrace; shame.
(n.) An act or expression denoting contempt.
(n.) 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.
Example Sentences:
(1) This "paradox of redistribution" was certainly observable in Britain, where Welfare retained its status as one of the 20th century's most exalted creations, even while those claiming benefits were treated with ever greater contempt.
(2) Refusing either to acquiesce in, or to rail at, Eliot's contempt for Jews, one strives to do justice to the many injustices Eliot does to Jews.
(3) But if it succeeds in getting a ban on the eight named phones, it could add the Galaxy S3 to the list through a more rapid "contempt proceeding" before the judge, according to legal experts.
(4) Yes, Goldsmith is to be held in contempt: a man of decency would have rejected this gutter strategy.
(5) "To prosecute someone for contempt of court is quite a serious step.
(6) Plagued by prison riots, IRA breakouts, illegal deportations, verdicts that found him in contempt of court, and over-hasty legislation on dogs, he acquired a reputation – as home secretaries often do – for being accident-prone.
(7) All the while, they are treated with a dismissiveness that borders on contempt.
(8) Perhaps monstering earns underdog sympathy, with contempt for the press as rife as contempt for conventional politics.
(9) Skylight review – Nighy and Mulligan in moving mixture of politics and love | Michael Billington Read more Commentators write glibly about the public’s increasing contempt for politicians, and yet what goes unremarked, and is equally damaging, is politicians’ growing contempt for us.
(10) A report on phone hacking published by the select committee on standards and privileges concluded hacking could be in contempt, "if it can be shown to have interfered with the work of the house or to have impeded or obstructed an MP from taking part in such work".
(11) Even the most “apolitical” of writers had found it difficult to conceal their contempt for the state of the country.
(12) Every detail of the dissolution honours betrayed contempt for the public.
(13) Above a fairly straightforward news story about the court’s decision to allow the country’s elected representatives a vote on the biggest constitutional upheaval in a generation, initially the headline read: “Yet again the elite show their contempt for Brexit voters!” Call me ‘remoaner-in-chief’, but I won’t be voting to trigger article 50 | Owen Smith Read more Launched within an hour of the verdict, the headline went on: “Supreme Court rules Theresa May CANNOT trigger Britain’s departure from the EU without MPs’ approval … as Remain campaigners gloat.” The copy itself provided little evidence of gloating.
(14) The government’s green paper on parliamentary privilege , published in 2012, said: [Parliament’s] power to punish non-members for contempt is untested in recent times.
(15) A move by the chancellor in the autumn statement to reverse the planned cuts to work allowances would send a strong message that the government’s welcome rhetoric is being backed by bold policy decisions.” The Lib Dem leader, Tim Farron, said: “Theresa May and Philip Hammond have as much contempt for low income families as David Cameron and George Osborne ever did.
(16) I felt deeply grateful, but I also realised that my contempt for the non-hardcore readers – the softer core readers... not contempt, but my writing them off, had been premature.
(17) In a statement, the network added: "The crackdown on activists, being directly related to the anniversary, demonstrates contempt towards international human rights norms and insincerity in the government's own pledges and commitments to promote human rights in China ."
(18) Obstetrics was held in contempt by professionally educated and registered physicians and apothecaries, however, because of the immodesty and messiness of the work and the long hours involved.
(19) Return of Rebekah Brooks is 'two fingers up to British public' – shadow minister Read more “I am now standing up against those that sit back and treat us all with contempt – the Murdochs and Brooks of the world,” Hanna said in a two-minute video released on Friday.
(20) "We had the absurd position this week of even MPs in our democratically elected parliament being threatened with potential contempt of court by using their parliamentary privilege to name people.
Fico
Definition:
(n.) A fig; an insignificant trifle, no more than the snap of one's thumb; a sign of contempt made by the fingers, expressing. A fig for you.
Example Sentences:
(1) There’s a small exhibition of Fico’s vibrant landscapes, but where it really excels is in combining art and design with experimental theatre, dance and debates in a modern space.
(2) Speaking on Slovak TV last night, Robert Fico hinted that Greece might soon quit the euro.
(3) In an election this month next door in Slovakia, the new prime minister, Robert Fico, won a landslide after support for his rivals on the right collapsed when secret police files about the buying and selling of MPs were unearthed by a Canadian journalist and posted on the internet.
(4) Fico has previously rocked the boat by suggesting that there was a 50:50 chance that the eurozone would not survive the crisis in its current form.
(5) ), 2) hypoxia was induced by ventilating the animals with CO (FICO = 0.002) at constnat PaO2.
(6) Hypoxia induced by CO (FICO = 0.002) also reduced VO2 and SI, a result that is consistent with previous results indicating that carotid body chemoreceptors do not mediate the suppression of shivering by ambient hypoxia.
(7) As a sportsman, and, especially a footballer, I really appreciate Robert Fico,” he said in a video.
(8) Robert Fico, prime minister of Slovakia, said: “We are glad that Jaguar Land Rover has chosen Slovakia for its new world-class manufacturing facility.
(9) I think that he would be a suitable president of Slovak Republic.” As it happened, Fico lost the election and the national stadium has not been built yet.
(10) They will talk on the margins of a Syria donor conference in London , where the prime minister is also scheduled to see Slovak PM Robert Fico, Greek leader Alexis Tsipras, Swedish prime minister Stefan Löfven and Belgian PM Charles Michel.
(11) Three groups of animals were studied : normoxic control (FIO2 = 0.28 ; n = 3) (C), hypoxic hypoxia (FIO2 = 0.10 ; n = 4) (HH) and hypoxia induced by respiring the animals with a carbon monoxide containing gas mixture (FIO2 = 0.28, FICO = 0.002 ; n = 6) (HCO).
(12) One exception is Santander, which uses a system developed by US software firm Fico, which claims to have a 100% success rate in halting fraudulent account takeover attempts following a sim swap.
(13) The 2014 opening of Museo Ettore Fico has proved a tipping point.
(14) This should be avoided.” Robert Fico, the Slovakian prime minister, said he would not be “dictated to” and would not observe any quota that was imposed.
(15) Fico director Gabriel Hopkins told Guardian Money that his company’s technology is able to detect whether a sim card has been swapped since the last transaction by comparing its unique international mobile subscriber identity number.
(16) In Slovakia the prime minister, Robert Fico, has called for the “restriction of the freedom of Muslims in Europe” , and last year a law was passed that effectively bans Islam from gaining official status as a religion .
(17) Prime minister Robert Fico and his centre-left Smer-SD party technically won, with 28% of the vote, but lost their majority.
(18) As a footballer, I like a tough and fair duel and in Robert Fico, I see a man who tries to push through his views, while playing by the books.
(19) For Hungarians, Schengen is freedom.” Robert Fico, the prime minister of Slovakia, runs Orbán a close second in his contempt for west European liberals.
(20) Hungary’s prime minister, Viktor Orbán, is the cheerleader of the “Europe is useless” chorus, but Robert Fico, the Slovakian premier, and President Milos Zeman in Prague are not far behind.