1.  contempt(n = noun.feeling) despite, disdain, scorn - lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike; "he was held in contempt"; "the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary"
is a kind of dislike
Derived form adjective contemptuous₁

2.  contempt(n = noun.attribute) disrespect - a manner that is generally disrespectful and contemptuous;
is a kind of discourtesy, rudeness
Derived form adjective contemptuous₁

3.  contempt(n = noun.communication) scorn - open disrespect for a person or thing;
is a kind of discourtesy, disrespect
has particulars: fleer, leer, sneer, sneer
Derived form adjective contemptuous₁

4.  contempt(n = noun.act) - a willful disobedience to or disrespect for the authority of a court or legislative body;
is a kind of disobedience, noncompliance
has particulars: contempt of congress, contempt of court

1.  The act of contemning or despising; the feeling with which one regards that which is esteemed mean, vile, or worthless; disdain; scorn. [1913 Webster]
"Criminal contempt of public feeling." [1913 Webster]
"Nothing, says Longinus, can be great, the contempt of which is great." [1913 Webster]

2.  The state of being despised; disgrace; shame. [1913 Webster]
"Contempt and begarry hangs upon thy back." [1913 Webster]

3.  An act or expression denoting contempt. [1913 Webster]
"Little insults and contempts." [1913 Webster]
"The contempt and anger of his lip." [1913 Webster]

4.  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. [1913 Webster]
" Contempt is in some jurisdictions extended so as to include publications reflecting injuriously on a court of justice, or commenting unfairly on pending proceedings; in other jurisdictions the courts are prohibited by statute or by the constitution from thus exercising this process."

contempt, n.
1 a feeling that a person or a thing is beneath consideration or worthless, or deserving scorn or extreme reproach.
2 the condition of being held in contempt.
3 (in full contempt of court) disobedience to or disrespect for a court of law and its officers.

Idiom:
beneath contempt utterly despicable. hold in contempt despise.

Etymology:
ME f. L contemptus (as contemn)

N  ridicule, derision, sardonic smile, sardonic grin, irrision, scoffing, mockery, quiz, banter, irony, persiflage, raillery, chaff, badinage, quizzing, asteism, squib, satire, skit, quip, quib, grin, parody, burlesque, travesty, travestie, farce, caricature, buffoonery, practical joke, horseplay, scorn, contempt, derisory, derisive, mock, mocking, sarcastic, ironic, ironical, quizzical, burlesque, Hudibrastic, scurrilous, in ridicule.

N  contempt, disdain, scorn, sovereign contempt, despisal, despiciency, despisement, vilipendency, contumely, slight, sneer, spurn, by-word, despect, contemptuousness, scornful eye, smile of contempt, derision, despisedness, contemptuous, disdainful, scornful, withering, contumelious, supercilious, cynical, haughty, bumptious, cavalier, derisive, contemptible, despicable, pitiable, pitiful, despised, downtrodden, unenvied, unrespectable (unworthy), contemptuously, Int, a fig for, bah!, never mind!, away with!, hang it!, fiddlededee!, a dismal universal hiss, the sound of public scorn, I had rather be a dog and bay the moon than such a.

beneath contempt, civil contempt, contempt of congress, contempt of court, criminal contempt, hold in contempt