Contempt vs Disfavour - What's the difference?
contempt | disfavour | Synonyms |
(uncountable) The state of contemning; the feeling or attitude of regarding someone or something as inferior, base, or worthless; scorn, disdain.
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, title= The state of being despised or dishonored; disgrace.
(legal) Open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority of a court of law or legislative body.
The state of being out of favour.
:His lateness for the appointment incurred her disfavour .
* Bible, Is. x. 6 (1551)
* Gladstone
An unkindness; a disobliging act.
* Clarendon
To show lack of favour or antipathy towards.
As nouns the difference between contempt and disfavour
is that contempt is the state of contemning; the feeling or attitude of regarding someone or something as inferior, base, or worthless; scorn, disdain while disfavour is the state of being out of favour.As a verb disfavour is
to show lack of favour or antipathy towards.contempt
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(wikipedia contempt)Alternative forms
* (obsolete) * (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them.}}
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* contemptible * contempt of Congress * contempt of court * contempt of Parliament * contemptuous * familiarity breeds contemptExternal links
* * *disfavour
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Alternative forms
*disfavorNoun
- the people that deserved my disfavour
- sentiment of disfavour against its ally
- He might dispense favours and disfavours .
Verb
(en verb)- Her past performance meant that she was often disfavoured for important tasks.