contempt in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for contempt in the English»Bulgarian Dictionary (Go to Bulgarian»English)

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contempt fine
criminal contempt

Translations for contempt in the Bulgarian»English Dictionary (Go to English»Bulgarian)

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contempt
criminal contempt
contempt
pass with contempt
look upon with contempt
show contempt for
contempt
contempt of court
deep-seated contempt

contempt Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

contempt fine
to be beneath contempt
to hold sth/sb in contempt
penalty for contempt of court
contempt of court
to hold sb up for contempt of court
criminal contempt

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
He copes with his unusual lifestyle by adopting a sardonic sense of humor and a thinly veiled contempt for most of his schoolmates.
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They treat women with contempt -- like property, like a chess piece.
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Individually they are probably good men, but they are a close corporation, with, it seems to me, a contempt for everyone outside their own clan.
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We are happy to idolise our sportspeople, lavishing them with praise, but will show contempt towards those who sing their own praises.
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She is annoyed not so much that she has lost her eye but at the insolent air of independence and contempt it had while looking back at her.
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However, contempt may be experienced as a highly visceral emotion similar to disgust, or as cool disregard.
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In his public debates he oscillates between raffish charm and a finely measured line in contempt.
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He reserved a particular contempt for the sentient doors, despising their blissful satisfaction with existence.
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The pervasive vulgarity renders the trick plot even less believable and justifies the contempt of those who dismiss all crime fiction as puerile.
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Gossipy neighbors and shop vendors treat them with contempt, fellow tenants complaining that their (already noticeably dilapidated) tenement building has now become filthy.
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