Contemptuously

Definition

contempt /kǝn'tempt/ n [U] ၁။ ~ (for sb/sth) အထင္ေသး ျခင္း။ I feel nothing but contempt for people who treat children so cruelly. ❍ Such behaviour is beneath contempt (ie so bad that it is not worth feeling contempt for). ❍ I shall treat that suggestion with the contempt it deserves. ❍ opinions which are generally held in contempt. ၂။ ~ of/for sth ပမာမထားျခင္း။ မမႈျခင္း။ His remarks betray a staggering contempt for the truth (ie are completely false). ❏ contemptible /kǝn'temptǝbl/ adj အထင္ေသးဖြယ္ျဖစ္ ေသာ။ စက္ဆုပ္ဖြယ္ျဖစ္ေသာ။ contemptible cowardice. ❏ contempt of court (also contempt ) n [U] တရား႐ံုး အမိန္႔ကို ဖီဆန္မႈ။ တရား႐ံုးေတာ္ (သို႔) တရားသူႀကီးကို မထီမဲ့ျမင္ျပဳမႈ။ They were jailed for contempt (of court). ❏ contemptuous /kǝn'temptʃuǝs/ adj ~ (of sth/sb) အထင္ေသးေသာ။ a contemptuous person/attitude ❍ He threw it away with a contemptuous gesture. ❍ She has always shown herself to be contemptuous of public opinion. contemptuously adv

Examples

1. I shall treat that remark with the contempt it deserves.
2. [contempt for] : I have nothing but contempt for their ridiculous opinions.
3. [with contempt] : She regarded the tabloid press with absolute contempt.
4. [hold something/someone in contempt] : How could she marry a man whom she holds in such utter contempt?
5. [contempt for] : He showed a complete contempt for other people’s feelings.
6. Their apparent contempt for international law